US 11,930,276 B2
Monitoring device and vehicle having the same
Gunho Lee, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Jae Kyung Choi, Gyeongsangnam-do (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); and KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Apr. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/722,585.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0067499 (KR), filed on May 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0385823 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 23/695 (2023.01); B60R 1/28 (2022.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 23/695 (2023.01) [B60R 1/28 (2022.01); H04N 7/183 (2013.01); G06V 20/588 (2022.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A monitoring device, comprising:
a camera for obtaining an image;
an image display for displaying the image;
a housing for protecting the camera;
a tilting adjustor disposed inside the housing and connected to the camera so that the camera moves vertically, and configured to adjust a tilting angle of the camera; and
a controller configured to:
recognize a brightness of a first image displayed on the image display,
control the tilting adjustor to adjust the tilting angle of the camera in response to determining that the recognized brightness is greater than or equal to a reference value, and
after adjusting the tilting angle of the camera, control the tilting adjustor to adjust the tilting angle of the camera to an initial tilting angle in response to determining that a brightness of a second image displayed the image display is less than or equal to a release value.