US 12,037,009 B2
Sensor control apparatus provided in vehicle and method performed by the sensor control apparatus to reduce power consumption of sensors
Hyung Ho Lee, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to HYUNDAI AUTOEVER CORP, Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI AUTOEVER CORP, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Jul. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/380,614.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0089877 (KR), filed on Jul. 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0017111 A1, Jan. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60R 16/03 (2006.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01)
CPC B60W 60/001 (2020.02) [B60R 16/03 (2013.01); B60W 30/18163 (2013.01); B60W 2520/10 (2013.01); B60W 2554/406 (2020.02)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of reducing power consumption of sensors, the method being performed by a sensor control apparatus provided in a vehicle and comprising:
obtaining road driving information received through a wireless communication interface provided in the vehicle;
selecting a first set of object undetected areas among a plurality of adjacent areas of the vehicle based on the road driving information;
obtaining sensing data from each of a plurality of sensors provided in the vehicle;
selecting a second set of object undetected areas among the plurality of adjacent areas based on the sensing data;
designating, as a power saving area, an undetected area which belongs both to the first set of the object undetected areas and the second set of the object undetected areas; and
outputting a control signal for controlling power saving target sensors to operate in a power saving mode, wherein the power saving target sensors correspond to the power saving area.