US 11,758,267 B2
Device and method for controlling image of vehicle
Dong Hyuk Jeong, Hwaseong (KR); Moon Hyun Seo, Hwaseong (KR); Gyun Ha Kim, Incheon (KR); Woo Sung Lee, Yongin (KR); and Tae Ryong Kang, Yongin (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR)Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)Yura Corporation Co., Ltd., Seongnam (KR)Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR); Yura Corporation Co., Ltd., Seongnam (KR); and Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Filed on May 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/742,259.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0096660 (KR), filed on Jul. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0026986 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 23/66 (2023.01); B60W 10/00 (2006.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/66 (2023.01) [B60R 11/04 (2013.01); B60W 10/00 (2013.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01); B60W 2420/42 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for controlling an image of a vehicle, the device comprising:
a communication device disposed in the vehicle for receiving information on an operation mode of the vehicle from a vehicle system;
a camera device disposed in the vehicle, and not having a built-in image signal processor (ISP), wherein the camera device is configured to obtain an image of a surrounding region of the vehicle, and transmits the image of the surrounding region to a first image controller;
the first image controller having a first ISP for performing image processing, wherein the first image controller is configured to share the image of the surrounding region with a second image controller; and
the second image controller having a second ISP for performing image processing,
wherein the first image controller and the second image controller alternatively have a control right for the camera device depending on the operation mode of the vehicle.