US 12,269,496 B2
Apparatus for and method of transferring vehicle communication content
Jun Hyuk Cha, Yongin-si (KR); Seung Woo Baek, Yongin-si (KR); Ban Suk Choi, Yongin-si (KR); and Hyoung Jin Choi, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Oct. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/047,034.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0166920 (KR), filed on Nov. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0166753 A1, Jun. 1, 2023
Int. Cl. B60W 50/14 (2020.01); B60Q 1/50 (2006.01); B60Q 5/00 (2006.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 50/14 (2013.01) [B60Q 1/525 (2013.01); B60Q 5/006 (2013.01); G07C 5/008 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2520/12 (2013.01); B60W 2540/225 (2020.02); B60W 2554/4041 (2020.02); B60W 2554/4049 (2020.02)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for transferring vehicle communication content, the apparatus comprising:
a surrounding-environment detection unit configured to detect surrounding-environment information of a vehicle;
a communication content transfer unit provided on at least one of a front side, a rear side, and a lateral side of the vehicle and configured to output sound or light; and
a controller configured to recognize an object based on the surrounding-environment information of the vehicle, to rotate the communication content transfer unit in a direction toward the object, depending on whether communication content needs to be transferred to the recognized object, and to output the communication content containing warning information or guide information through the communication content transfer unit;
wherein when the object is positioned at less than or equal to a preset first distance, based on the surrounding-environment information of the vehicle, the controller is adapted to output the warning information for alerting that a distance to the vehicle is equal to or less than the preset first distance, through a speaker unit of the communication content transfer unit,
wherein when the object is positioned at less than or equal to a preset second distance, based on the surrounding-environment information of the vehicle, the controller is adapted to stop the vehicle and output the guide information for urging the object to keep a lookout, through the speaker unit and a lighting unit of the communication content transfer unit, and
wherein when the object is positioned at greater than or equal to a preset threatening approach distance, based on the surrounding-environment information of the vehicle, the controller is adapted to perform control such that the vehicle starts to travel.