Automatic Parking Side Mirror Control for Blind Spot Avoidance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Automatic parking systems using ultrasonic sensors can create blind spots, leading to potential collisions with side mirrors and reduce user convenience due to unnecessary mirror unfolding.
Innovation Solution
The integration of omnidirectional cameras with ultrasonic sensors to provide comprehensive data coverage around the vehicle, generating control signals for the side mirror to prevent collisions and optimize its folding/unfolding based on collected data and user location.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If ultrasonic sensors are used for automatic parking, then the system can detect obstacles in front and rear regions, but blind spots are created in lateral regions leading to potential side mirror collisions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines ultrasonic sensors and omnidirectional cameras into an integrated sensor system. The ultrasonic sensors detect obstacles in front and rear regions while the omnidirectional cameras capture lateral region images, creating a comprehensive detection system that eliminates blind spots and prevents side mirror collisions during automatic parking.
Solution Approach 2:
The omnidirectional camera system serves multiple functions: it captures images for lateral obstacle detection, provides visual data for the automatic parking control algorithm, and supplements the ultrasonic sensor detection coverage. This multi-functional approach allows a single system to address both detection reliability and blind spot elimination.
Data Source
AI summary
A vehicle includes a sensor device configured to collect data on regions around the vehicle, and an automatic parking controller configured to generate a folding signal or an unfolding signal for a side mirror based on the data collected by the sensor device and a state of the side mirror when performing automatic parking.