US 12,252,116 B2
Driver assistance system and driver assistance method
Seunghun Cheon, Seongnam-si (KR)
Assigned to HL Klemove Corp., Incheon (KR)
Filed by HL Klemove Corp., Incheon (KR)
Filed on Oct. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/975,824.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0145912 (KR), filed on Oct. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0140246 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. B60W 30/09 (2012.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01)
CPC B60W 30/09 (2013.01) [B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2420/40 (2013.01); B60W 2420/408 (2024.01); B60W 2554/4029 (2020.02)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A driver assistance system, comprising:
an infrared camera provided in a vehicle and configured to acquire infrared image data;
a radar sensor provided in the vehicle and configured to acquire radar data; and
a controller configured to process at least one of the infrared image data or the radar data,
wherein the controller is configured to:
identify a target object approaching in a lateral direction from an outside of a driving lane of the vehicle, based on at least one of the infrared image data or the radar data;
perform a collision avoidance control based on a similarity between the target object and a pedestrian; and
compare a heat reflectance according to a color in the infrared image data of the target object and the pedestrian to calculate the similarity between the target object and the pedestrian.