U.S. patent application number 15/336315 was filed with the patent office on 2017-12-28 for apparatus and method for displaying parking zone.
This patent application is currently assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY. The applicant listed for this patent is HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY. Invention is credited to Jun Sik AN, Jae Seob CHOI, Jun Hyung KIM, Joong Ryoul LEE, Kap Je SUNG.
Application Number | 20170372615 15/336315 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 60675602 |
Filed Date | 2017-12-28 |
United States Patent
Application |
20170372615 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
CHOI; Jae Seob ; et
al. |
December 28, 2017 |
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING PARKING ZONE
Abstract
An apparatus for displaying a parking zone may include: a
parking zone display controlling unit configured to recognize
parking zone lines from image data, to recognize a target parking
zone in which a vehicle is to be parked among the parking zone
lines on the basis of one or more of vehicle behavior information
and the image data, and to correct the parking zone lines so that
target parking zone lines in a non-display region are displayed;
and a parking zone display unit configured to display the parking
zone lines corrected by the parking zone display controlling
unit.
Inventors: |
CHOI; Jae Seob; (Suwon-si,
KR) ; SUNG; Kap Je; (Suwon-si, KR) ; KIM; Jun
Hyung; (Suwon-si, KR) ; LEE; Joong Ryoul;
(Yeonsu-gu, KR) ; AN; Jun Sik; (Anyang-si,
KR) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY |
SEOUL |
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KR |
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Assignee: |
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
SEOUL
KR
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Family ID: |
60675602 |
Appl. No.: |
15/336315 |
Filed: |
October 27, 2016 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
1/1 |
Current CPC
Class: |
B60R 2300/806 20130101;
G08G 1/168 20130101; B60R 1/00 20130101; B60R 2300/305
20130101 |
International
Class: |
G08G 1/16 20060101
G08G001/16 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
Jun 27, 2016 |
KR |
10-2016-0080424 |
Claims
1. An apparatus for displaying a parking zone, comprising: a
parking zone display controlling unit configured to recognize
parking zone lines from image data depicting the parking zone, to
recognize a target parking zone in which a vehicle is to be parked
among the parking zone lines on the basis of one or more of vehicle
movement information and the image data, and to correct the parking
zone lines so that target parking zone lines in a non-display
region are displayed; and a parking zone display unit configured to
display the parking zone lines corrected by the parking zone
display controlling unit.
2. The apparatus for displaying a parking zone according to claim
1, wherein the parking zone display controlling unit includes: a
parking zone recognizing unit configured to recognize the parking
zone lines in the image data; and a parking zone correcting unit
configured to set a region of interest for a parking position among
the recognized parking zone lines and to correct the recognized
parking zone lines so that parking zone lines in the non-display
region among the recognized parking zone lines are displayed on the
basis of image information within the region of interest.
3. The apparatus for displaying a parking zone according to claim
2, wherein the parking zone correcting unit includes: a vehicle
movement based correcting unit configured to calculate vehicle
movement information, to change a position of the target parking
zone corresponding to a space in which the vehicle is to be parked
in the parking zone recognized in the parking zone recognizing unit
on the basis of the vehicle movement information, and to set the
region of interest including the position of the target parking
zone; and an image-based correcting unit configured to detect
feature lines within the region of interest and to extend and
display parking zone lines of the target parking zone to and on the
non-display region on the basis of the feature lines.
4. The apparatus for displaying a parking zone according to claim
3, wherein the vehicle movement-based correcting unit is configured
to set the region of interest to an entire parking zone or to set
the region of interest to be larger than the target parking
zone.
5. The apparatus for displaying a parking zone according to claim
3, wherein the image-based correcting unit is configured to detect
straight lines among parking zone lines within the region of
interest as the feature lines, to extend the feature lines to the
non-display region, to detect intersection points at which
extension lines meet each other, and to display extension lines up
to an intersection point that is closest to the target parking zone
among intersection points within the non-display region as the
target parking zone.
6. The apparatus for displaying a parking zone according to claim
1, wherein the parking zone display unit is configured to display
the target parking zone using at least a first line and to display
parking zone lines of a non-display region portion in the target
parking zone using at least a second line.
7. The apparatus for displaying a parking zone according to claim
6, wherein the parking zone display unit is configured to
distinguish the first and second lines by making one or more of
thicknesses, shapes, and colors of the first and second lines
different from each other.
8. The apparatus for displaying a parking zone according to claim
1, wherein the parking zone display unit is configured to display
an entire parking zone in the corrected parking zone lines using at
least a first line and to display the target parking zone using at
least a second line distinguished from the first line by one or
more of a color, a shape, and a thickness.
9. The apparatus for displaying a parking zone according to claim
1, wherein the parking zone display unit is configured to display
an entire parking zone including the corrected parking zone lines
corresponding to the target parking zone.
10. The apparatus for displaying a parking zone according to claim
1, further comprising a target parking zone mode setting unit
configured to decide a target parking zone mode on the basis of the
image data or a user input.
11. A method for displaying a parking zone, comprising: recognizing
parking zone lines on the basis of image data; correcting the
recognized parking zone lines so that parking zone lines in a
non-display region among the recognized parking zone lines are
displayed, using one or more of vehicle movement information and
the image data; and displaying the corrected parking zone
lines.
12. The method for displaying a parking zone according to claim 11,
wherein in the recognizing of the parking zone lines, the parking
zone lines are recognized depending on at least one of a width
corresponding to the parking zone or an angle between two lines
included in the parking zone.
13. The method for displaying a parking zone according to claim 11,
wherein the correcting of the recognized parking zone lines
includes: calculating a target parking zone in which a vehicle is
to be parked on the basis of the vehicle movement information;
setting a region of interest including the target parking zone on
the basis of the vehicle movement information; detecting feature
lines within the region of interest on the basis of the image data;
extending the feature lines to a non-display region in the image
data; and displaying the target parking zone in the non-display
region using intersection points between the extended feature
lines.
14. The method for displaying a parking zone according to claim 13,
wherein in the displaying of the target parking zone in the
non-display region, extension lines up to an intersection point
that is closest to the target parking zone among intersection
points positioned in the non-display region among the intersection
points between the extended feature lines are displayed.
15. The method for displaying a parking zone according to claim 11,
wherein in the displaying of the corrected parking zone lines, all
of the corrected parking zone lines are displayed using the same
lines.
16. The method for displaying a parking zone according to claim 11,
wherein in the displaying of the corrected parking zone lines, an
entire parking zone among the corrected parking zone lines is
displayed using at least a first line, and the target parking zone
is displayed using at least a second line distinguished from the
first line.
17. The method for displaying a parking zone according to claim 16,
wherein in the displaying of the corrected parking zone lines,
parking zone lines corresponding to the non-display region in the
target parking zone are displayed using at least a third line
different from the second line.
Description
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] The present application claims the benefit of priority to
Korean Patent Application No. 10-2016-0080424, filed on Jun. 27,
2016 in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the entire
disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0002] The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and a method
for displaying a parking zone, and more particularly, to a
technology of supporting parking by providing a parking zone image
extended and displayed up to a portion that is not viewed to a rear
camera.
BACKGROUND
[0003] A vehicle driver may look into a side mirror and a room
mirror mounted on a vehicle or directly confirm a rear area of a
vehicle with the naked eye in order to monitor objects at a rear of
the vehicle at the time of parking the vehicle or when driving the
vehicle in reverse.
[0004] However, since the side mirror has a semi-rectangular shape,
there are a lot of dead zones that may not be recognized by the
driver. In addition, there is a large limitation in confirming rear
obstacle, particularly, an obstacle positioned at a short distance
through the room mirror, such that the rear object is not
accurately recognized, thereby often causing a fender-bender or a
human accident.
[0005] To address the problems described above, a technology of
installing a camera at the rear of the vehicle and providing a rear
image of the vehicle onto a screen installed on a dash board to
allow the driver to perform an auxiliary role at the time of
parking the vehicle and backward moving the vehicle has been
developed. Recently, a technology of displaying a virtual parking
guide line on a screen and displaying the virtual parking guide
line so as to be bent depending on movement of the vehicle to
assist in driving of the vehicle by the driver as well as simply
displaying the rear image has been developed.
[0006] However, in the related art, only a parking zone line
corresponding to a viewing field of a rear camera is displayed in
an image, and a parking zone line of a region that is not displayed
by the rear camera is not displayed, which is inconvenient.
SUMMARY
[0007] The present disclosure has been made to address the
above-mentioned problems occurring in the prior art while
advantages achieved by the prior art are maintained intact.
[0008] An aspect of the present disclosure provides an apparatus
and a method for displaying a parking zone capable of displaying
and providing a parking zone of a non-display region that is not
displayed by a rear camera.
[0009] Objects of the present disclosure are not limited to the
above-mentioned objects. That is, other objects that are not
mentioned may be obviously understood by those skilled in the art
from the following description.
[0010] In an exemplary form of the present disclosure, an apparatus
for displaying a parking zone includes: a parking zone display
controlling unit configured to recognize parking zone lines from
image data, to recognize a target parking zone in which a vehicle
is to be parked among the parking zone lines on the basis of one or
more of vehicle behavior information and the image data, and to
correct the parking zone lines so that target parking zone lines in
non-display region are displayed; and a parting zone display unit
configured to display the parking zone lines corrected by the
parking zone display controlling unit.
[0011] The parking zone display controlling unit may include: a
parting zone recognizing unit configured to recognize the parking
zone lines in the image data; and a parking zone correcting unit
configured to set a region of interest for a parking position among
the recognized parking zone lines and to correct the recognized
parking zone lines so that parking zone lines in the non-display
region among the recognized parking zone lines are displayed on the
basis of image information within the region of interest.
[0012] The parking zone correcting unit may include: a vehicle
behavior based correcting unit configured to calculate vehicle
behavior information, to change a position of the target parking
zone corresponding to a space in which the vehicle is to be parked
in the parking zone recognized in the parking zone recognizing unit
on the basis of the vehicle behavior information, and to set the
region of interest including the position of the target parking
zone; and an image based correcting unit configured to detect
feature lines within the region of interest and to extend and
display parking zone lines of the target parking zone to and on the
non-display region on the basis of the feature lines.
[0013] The vehicle behavior based correcting unit may set the
region of interest to an entire parking zone or set the region of
interest to be larger than the target parking zone.
[0014] The image based correcting unit may be configured to detect
straight lines among parking zone lines within the region of
interest as the feature lines, to extend the feature lines to the
non-display region, to detect intersection points at which
extension lines meet each other, and to display extension lines up
to an intersection point that is closest to the target parking zone
among intersection points within the non-display region as the
target parking zone.
[0015] The parking zone display unit may be configured to display
the target parking zone by a first line and to display parking zone
lines of a non-display region portion in the target parking zone by
a second line.
[0016] The parking zone display unit may be configured to
distinguish the first and second lines by making one or more of
thicknesses, shapes, and colors of the first and second lines
different from each other.
[0017] The parking zone display unit may be configured to display
an entire parking zone in the corrected parking zone lines by a
first line and to display the target parking zone by a second line
distinguished from the first line by one or more of a color, a
shape, and a thickness.
[0018] The parking zone display unit may be configured to display
an entire parking zone including the target parking zone in the
corrected parking zone lines by the same line.
[0019] The apparatus for displaying a parking zone may further
include a target parking zone mode setting unit configured to
decide a target parking zone mode on the basis of the image data or
a user input.
[0020] In another exemplary form of the present disclosure, a
method for displaying a parking zone includes: recognizing parking
zone lines on the basis of image data; correcting the recognized
parking zone lines so that parking zone lines in a non-display
region among the recognized parking zone lines are displayed, using
one or more of vehicle behavior information and the image data; and
displaying the corrected parking zone lines.
[0021] In the recognizing of the parking zone lines, the parking
zone lines may be recognized depending on one or more conditions of
widths and angles of lines constituting the parking zone.
[0022] The correcting of the recognized parking zone lines may
include: calculating a target parking zone in which a vehicle is to
be parked on the basis of the vehicle behavior information; setting
a region of interest including the target parking zone on the basis
of the vehicle behavior information; detecting feature lines within
the region of interest on the basis of the image data; extending
the feature lines to a non-display region in the image data; and
displaying the target parking zone in the non-display region using
intersection points between the extended feature lines.
[0023] In the displaying of the target parking zone in the
non-display region, extension lines up to an intersection point
that is closest to the target parking zone among intersection
points positioned in the non-display region among the intersection
points between the extended feature lines may be displayed.
[0024] In the displaying of the corrected parking zone lines, all
of the corrected parking zone lines may be displayed by the same
line.
[0025] In the displaying of the corrected parking zone lines, an
entire parking zone among the corrected parking zone lines may be
displayed by a first line, and the target parking zone may be
displayed by a second line distinguished from the first line.
[0026] In the displaying of the corrected parking zone lines,
parking zone lines corresponding to the non-display region in the
target parking zone may be displayed by a third line different from
the second line.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0027] The above and other objects, features and advantages of the
present disclosure will be more apparent from the following
detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying
drawings.
[0028] FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus for
displaying a parking zone according.
[0029] FIG. 2 is a flow chart illustrating a method for displaying
a parking zone.
[0030] FIG. 3 is a flow chart illustrating a method for correcting
a parking zone of FIG. 2 in detail.
[0031] FIG. 4A is a view illustrating a vehicle behavior based
target parking zone.
[0032] FIG. 4F is a view for describing a method for changing a
vehicle behavior based target parking zone position of FIG. 4A.
[0033] FIG. 4C is a view illustrating an example in which a region
of interest is set in an image representing a parking zone.
[0034] FIG. 4D is an illustrative view for describing a process of
detecting a feature line.
[0035] FIG. 4E is an illustrative view for describing a process of
extending a feature line.
[0036] FIG. 4F is an illustrative view for describing a process of
displaying a parking zone in a non-display region from an extension
line.
[0037] FIG. 5 is an illustrative view illustrating an example of
displaying a target parking zone by a color different from that of
an entire parking zone.
[0038] FIG. 6 is an illustrative view illustrating an example of
displaying only a non-display region in a target parking zone by
another color.
[0039] FIG. 7 is an illustrative view illustrating an example of
displaying an entire parking zone including a target parking zone
by one color.
[0040] FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating a computer system to
which a technology for displaying a parking zone is applied.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0041] Hereinafter, exemplary forms of the present disclosure will
be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
It is to be noted that in giving reference numerals to components
of the accompanying drawings, the same components will be denoted
by the same reference numerals even though they are illustrated in
different drawings. Further, in describing exemplary forms of the
present disclosure, well-known constructions or functions will not
be described in detail in the case in which it is decided that they
may unnecessarily obscure the understanding of exemplary forms of
the present disclosure.
[0042] Terms `first`, `second`, A, B, (a), (b), and the like, will
be used in describing components of exemplary forms of the present
disclosure. These terms are used only in order to distinguish any
component from other components, and features, sequences, or the
like, of corresponding components are not limited by these terms.
In addition, unless defined otherwise, all the terms used in the
present specification, including technical and scientific terms,
have the same meanings as meanings that are generally understood by
those skilled in the art to which the present disclosure pertains.
It should be interpreted that terms defined by a generally used
dictionary are identical with the meanings within the context of
the related art, and they should not be ideally or excessively
formally interpreted unless the context clearly dictates
otherwise.
[0043] Hereinafter, exemplary forms of the present disclosure will
be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 8.
[0044] FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus for
displaying a parking zone.
[0045] The apparatus for displaying a parking zone according
includes an image obtaining unit 100, a user input unit 200, a
target parking zone mode setting unit 300, a parking zone display
controlling unit 400, and a parking zone display unit 500.
[0046] The image obtaining unit 100 obtains images of the front,
the rear, the right, and the left of a vehicle. To this end, the
image obtaining unit 100 may include a front camera, a rear camera,
a right camera, and a left camera disposed outside the vehicle. In
the present disclosure, a description will be provided on the basis
of image data obtained from the rear camera as an exemplary
embodiment related to parking.
[0047] The user input unit 200 receives one mode selected from user
among a target parking zone mode, a partial target parking zone
mode, and an entire parking zone mode.
[0048] Here, the target parking zone mode, which is a mode of
particularly emphasizing and displaying a target parking zone
corresponding to a region in which the vehicle will be parked, may
be a mode of displaying a target parking zone 702 in an entire
parking zone 70 by a line, a shape, and a color different from
those of the entire parking zone 701, as illustrated in FIG. 5, to
allow the user to confirm the target parking zone at a glance. In
addition, the partial target parking zone mode is a mode of
emphasizing and displaying a target parking zone 702 of a
non-display region 710, as illustrated in FIG. 6. Further, the
entire parking zone mode is a mode of emphasizing and displaying
the entirety of the entire parking zone 701, as illustrated in FIG.
7.
[0049] The target parking zone mode setting unit 300 selects one of
the target parking zone mode, the partial target parking zone mode,
and the entire parking zone mode on the basis of image data or sets
one of the target parking zone mode, the partial target parking
zone mode, and the entire parking zone mode to an input mode when
one of the target parking zone mode, the partial target parking
zone mode, and the entire parking zone mode is input from the user
input unit 200.
[0050] The parking zone display controlling unit 400 recognizes
parking zone lines from the image data, and corrects the parking
zone lines so that parting zone lines of a non-display region in a
target parking zone in which the vehicle is to be parked are
displayed on the basis of one or more of vehicle behavior
information and the image data.
[0051] To this end, the parking zone display controlling unit 400
includes a parking zone recognizing unit 410 and a parking zone
correcting unit 420.
[0052] The parking zone recognizing unit 410 recognizes an entire
parking zone in the image data.
[0053] The parking zone correcting unit 420 sets a region of
interest including a target parking zone in the recognized entire
parking zone on the basis of the vehicle behavior information and
performs correction so that parking zone lines of a non-display
region are displayed on the basis of image information within the
region of interest.
[0054] To this end, the parking zone correcting unit 420 includes a
vehicle behavior based correcting unit 421 and an image based
correcting unit 422.
[0055] The vehicle behavior based correcting unit 421 calculates a
behavior path of the vehicle and calculates and displays a target
parking zone as illustrated in FIG. 4A. Here, it may be appreciated
that an error is generated between an entire parking zone 601
recognized by an image and a target parking zone 602 calculated on
the basis of vehicle behavior, as illustrated in FIG. 4B. This
means a case in which an accumulative error is generated due to
sliding of the vehicle during parking the vehicle, an inclination
of a road, or the like.
[0056] In addition, the vehicle behavior based correcting unit 421
sets a region of interest (ROI) 603 including a path 604 through
which the vehicle moves and the target parking zone 602, as
illustrated in FIG. 4G. Here, the region of interest may be
identified by a request of a user, or the like, and may be set to
include an entire parking zone region or be set to an entire image
screen.
[0057] The image based correcting unit 422 detects feature lines
605 within the region of interest in the image data, as illustrated
in FIG. 4D. Here, the feature lines 605 include straight lines such
as parking zone lines constituting the entire parking zone.
Particularly, the feature lines 605 include straight lines that
have an angle similar to that of the parking zone lines or are
perpendicular to the parking zone lines. Various algorithms such as
Hough transform, and the like, may be applied in order to detect
the feature lines described above. In addition, the image based
correcting unit 422 extends the feature lines to a non-display
region 610 and extracts intersection points 607 and 608, which are
points at which the extended feature points intersect with each
other, as illustrated in FIG. 4E. Then, the image based correcting
unit 422 displays extension lines up to an intersection point 607
that is closest to the target parking zone 602 among intersection
points within the non-display region 610 as the target parking zone
602, as illustrated in FIG. 4F. That is, the image based correcting
unit 422 extends the target parking zone 602 to the intersection
point 607 in the non-display region 610 to display an incomplete
target parking zone 609, as illustrated in FIG. 4F. The image based
correcting unit 422 performs distance transform on the feature
lines 605 and extension lines 606 to add and display the incomplete
target parking zone 609 that was not viewed in the non-display
region 610.
[0058] In FIGS. 4A to 4F, a reference numeral 610 means a
non-display region that is not displayed by the rear camera, a
reference numeral 620 means a region displayed by the rear camera,
a reference numeral 601 means an entire parking zone, a reference
numeral 602 means a target parking zone, a reference numeral 603
means a region of interest, a reference numeral 604 means a
movement line corresponding to a path through which the vehicle
behaves, a reference numeral 605 means a feature line, a reference
numeral 606 means an extension line extended from the feature line,
reference numerals 607 and 608 mean intersection points, and a
reference numeral 609 means an incomplete target parking zone of
the non-display region 610.
[0059] The parking zone display unit 500 displays the parking zone
lines corrected by the parking zone display controlling unit 400.
Here, the parking zone display unit 500 may emphasize and display
only the target parking zone as illustrated in FIG. 5, and display
the target parking zone by one or more of a line shape, a color,
and a thickness different from those of the entire parking zone in
order to emphasize only the target parking zone. In addition, in
the case in which the parking zone display unit 500 emphasizes and
displays only a non-display region in the target parking zone as
illustrated in FIG. 6, the parking zone display unit 500 may
display an incomplete target parking zone 705 of the non-display
region 710 by one or more of a line shape, a color, a thickness
different from those of an entire parking zone 701.
[0060] Further, the parking zone display unit 500 may emphasize and
display the entire parking zone by one color, line shape, and
thickness, as illustrated in FIG. 7. As illustrated in FIGS. 5 to
7, a screen provided by the apparatus for displaying a parking zone
according to the present disclosure is divided into a display
region 720 that is displayed by the rear camera and a non-display
region 710 that is not displayed by the rear camera, and displays a
movement line 704 corresponding to a path through which the vehicle
10 behaves for being parked, the entire parking zone 701, the
target parking zone 702, and the incomplete target parking zone 705
of the non-display region 710.
[0061] Hereinafter, a method for displaying a parking zone
according to an exemplary embodiment in the present disclosure will
be described in detail with reference to FIG. 2.
[0062] First, the parking zone recognizing unit 410 recognizes the
parking zone lines on the basis of the image data obtained from the
image obtaining unit 100 (S100). Here, the parking zone recognizing
unit 410 may recognize the parking zone lines depending on one or
more conditions of widths and angles of lines constituting the
parking zone.
[0063] Then, the parking zone correcting unit 420 corrects the
parking zone lines so that parking zone lines in the non-display
region among the recognized parking zone lines are displayed using
one or more of the vehicle behavior information and the image data
(S200). Here, the parking zone lines in the non-display region may
be parking zone lines of a target parking zone in which the vehicle
is to be parked.
[0064] Then, the parking zone display unit 500 displays a corrected
parking zone lines (S300).
[0065] Here, a method (S200) for correcting a parking zone of FIG.
2 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 3.
[0066] First, the vehicle behavior based correcting unit 421
calculates the vehicle behavior information and calculates the
target parking zone on the basis of the vehicle behavior
information (S201). Referring to FIG. 4A, it may be appreciated
that the target parking zone 602 is displayed.
[0067] Then, the vehicle behavior based correcting unit 421 sets a
region of interest so as to include the target parking zone on the
basis of the vehicle behavior information (S202).
[0068] Referring to FIG. 4C, it may be appreciated that the region
of interest 603 is set and displayed.
[0069] Then, the image based correcting unit 422 detects the
feature lines within the region of interest on the basis of the
image data (S203). Referring to FIG. 4D, it may be appreciated that
straight lines such as parking zone lines are detected as the
feature lines 605.
[0070] Then, the image based correcting unit 422 extends the
feature lines to the non-display region in the image data (S204).
Referring to FIG. 4E, the image based correcting unit 422 extends
the feature lines 605 of the display region 620 to the non-display
region 610 to display the extension lines 606.
[0071] Then, the image based correcting unit 422 displays the
target parking zone in the non-display region using the
intersection points between the extension lines (S205). That is, as
illustrated in FIG. 4F, the image based correcting unit 422 detects
the intersection points 607 and 608 positioned in the non-display
region 610 and displays the extension line up to the intersection
point that is closest to the target parking zone to allow the
target parking zone to be displayed even in the non-display
region.
[0072] As described above, in the present disclosure, the parking
zone including the non-display region that is not viewed by the
limited rear camera is displayed at the time of parking the
vehicle, thereby making it possible to allow the user to more
conveniently park the vehicle.
[0073] FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating a computer system to
which a technology for displaying a parking zone is applied.
[0074] Referring to FIG. 8, the computer system 100 may include at
least one processor 1100, a memory 1300, a user interface input
device 1400, a user interface output device 1500, a storage 1600,
and a network interface 1700 connected to each other through buses
1200.
[0075] The processor 1100 may be a semiconductor device executing
processing for instructions stored in a central processing unit
(CPU) or the memory 1300 and/or the storage 1600. The memory 1300
and the storage 1600 may include various kinds of volatile or
non-volatile storage media. For example, the memory 1300 may be a
read only memory (ROM) and a random access memory (RAM).
[0076] Therefore, steps of a method or an algorithm described in
association with exemplary embodiments disclosed in the present
disclosure may be directly implemented by a hardware or software
module executed by the processor 1100, or a combination thereof.
The software module may reside in a random access memory (RAM), a
flash memory, a read only memory (ROM), an erasable programming ROM
(EPROM), an electrically erasable programming ROM (EEPROM), a
register, a hard disk, a detachable disk, a storage medium such as
a compact disk-ROM (CD-ROM) (that is, the memory 1300 and/or the
storage 1600).
[0077] An illustrative storage medium may be coupled to the
processor 1100, which may read information from the storage medium
and write information to the storage medium. As another method, the
storage medium and the processor 1100 may also be formed integrally
with each other. The processor and the storage medium may also
reside in an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC). The
ASIC may also reside in a user terminal. As another method, the
processor and the storage medium may also reside as individual
components in the user terminal.
[0078] As described above, according to the present technology, the
parking zone of the non-display region that is not displayed by the
rear camera is displayed and provided, thereby making it possible
to increase convenience of the user.
[0079] Hereinabove, although the present disclosure has been
described with reference to exemplary embodiments and the
accompanying drawings, the present disclosure is not limited
thereto, but may be variously modified and altered by those skilled
in the art to which the present disclosure pertains without
departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure
claimed in the following claims.
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