US 12,296,745 B2
Method and apparatus for recognizing emergency vehicle
Jung Seok Suh, Yongin-si (KR); Hae Seong Jeong, Saha-gu (KR); Mi Jin Chung, Seoul (KR); Ja Yoon Goo, Anyang-si (KR); and Hong Gyu Lee, Goyang-si (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 May 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/321,453.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0159772 (KR), filed on Nov. 24, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0174168 A1, May 30, 2024
Int. Cl. B60Q 1/52 (2006.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01)
CPC B60Q 1/52 (2013.01) [H04W 4/40 (2018.02); B60Q 2400/50 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for recognizing an emergency vehicle, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory configured to store at least one instruction executed by the processor,
wherein the processor is configured to:
control at least one sensor to recognize an approach of the emergency vehicle and a road condition;
determine a first avoidance location that is an avoidance location for a first car to move away from the emergency vehicle based on the road condition;
provide a first avoidance route that is a route for the first car to move from a current location to the first avoidance location; and
control at least one projection device to project, onto a road, at least one of a first symbol indicating the approach of the emergency vehicle or the first avoidance route to enable at least one other vehicle on the road to recognize the approach of the emergency vehicle and determine an avoidance location of the at least one other vehicle,
wherein the approach of the emergency vehicle is recognized from a second symbol that is projected onto the road by a second vehicle and that indicates the approach of the emergency vehicle or a second avoidance route determined by the second vehicle, and
wherein the first avoidance location is determined based on a direction indicated by the second symbol.