Lg Electronics Inc.

Seoul National University

Yonsei University

Korea University Research and Business Foundation

Yeonsoo Kim

Dukyung Jung

Dongki Noh

Sunghwan Choi

Seungmin Baek

Byeongjun Choi

Minjung Kim

Jongmin Lee

Jisu Kim

Sangyun Lee

Ilwan Kim

Kihyung Lee

Hyoungrock Kim

Dong Ki Noh

Euntai Kim

Hyoung Seok Kim

Beomseong Kim

Yujung Jang

Kwangho An

Taekyoon Park

Kang Uk Kim

Kwanyoung Lee

Gobong Choi

The present invention provides a vehicle control device and a control method therefor. A vehicle control device according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: an interface unit communicatively connected to a display unit provided in a vehicle; and a processor for controlling the display unit provided in the vehicle through the interface unit, wherein the processor receives destination information through the interface unit, acquires, from map information, spatial coordinates of a building corresponding to the destination information, and controls, on the basis of the spatial coordinates of the building corresponding to the destination information, the display unit so that a graphic object related to the destination information overlaps with the building and is displayed.

Vehicle control device and control method therefor

An optimization calculation apparatus may comprise an algorithm module obtaining a plurality of first solutions (S1) from a plurality of input data, obtaining second solutions (S2) from the first solutions (S1), and repeating the process to derive an optimal solution (Sm). The optimization calculation apparatus may further comprise a similarity determination module connected to the algorithm module and computing a similarity of isolutions in order to obtain (i+1)solutions (1≤i≤m−1).

Optimization calculation apparatus and optimization calculation method

Disclosed is a moving robot capable of recognizing a waiting line and a method for controlling the same. One embodiment provides a method for operating a moving robot, the method comprising: starting moving from a predefined moving start point toward a predefined moving end point; acquiring a waiting line region image by photographing a predefined waiting line region during the moving; searching for an end point of a waiting line formed in the waiting line region using the waiting line region image; terminating the moving when the end point of the waiting line is detected; setting an operation mode based on a length of the waiting line calculated using the end point of the waiting line; and operating in the set operation mode while returning to the moving start point.

Mobile robot for recognizing queue and operating method of mobile robot

The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus and a mobile robot including the same. The image processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an image acquisition unit for obtaining an image and a processor for performing signal processing on the image from the image acquisition unit, and the processor is configured to group super pixels in the image on the basis of colors or luminances of the image, calculate representative values of the super pixels and perform segmentation on the basis of the representative values of the super pixels. Accordingly, image segmentation can be performed rapidly and accurately.

Image processing apparatus and mobile robot including same

A method of controlling augmented reality (AR) mobility according to embodiments may include generating, by a camera, image data by photographing one or more users, extracting information about the one or more users from the image data, calculating a reference point for projection of an AR object based on the location information about the users, and displaying the AR object on a display based on the calculated reference point. An apparatus for controlling AR mobility according to embodiments may include a camera configured to generate image data by photographing one or more users, a controller configured to extract information about the one or more users from the image data, a calibrator configured to calculate a reference point for projection of an AR object based on the location information about the users, and a display configured to display the AR object on a display based on the calculated reference point.

AR mobility and method of controlling AR mobility

The present invention relates to an image output device provided in a vehicle. The image output device includes: an image output unit; and a processor obtaining a plurality of coordinate values constituting a certain building from a map, generating a graphic object, which overlaps at least a portion of the building, using the coordinate values when the building is searched from within a predetermined range with respect to the vehicle, and outputting the generated graphic object through the image output unit.

Image output device

A vehicle control device can include a sensing unit including a camera; a display unit; and a controller configured to receive a preset destination, receive an image captured by the camera, identify the preset destination from the image, and display, on the display unit, a graphic object superimposed on the preset destination.

Vehicle control device mounted on vehicle and method of controlling the vehicle

A robot cleaner includes a 3D sensor unit installed on a main body to sense nearby objects and output sensing information; a secondary sensor unit configured to sense nearby objects and output sensing information; a storage unit configured to set a diagnostic algorithm according to a diagnostic mode in advance; an input unit configured to input an execution command for the diagnostic mode; a control unit configured to auto-correct the diagnostic mode for the 3D sensor and a parameter of the 3D sensor unit using the diagnostic algorithm in response to the execution command; and an output unit configured to output an execution result of the diagnostic mode and a correction message.

Robot cleaner and method for auto-correcting 3D sensor of the robot cleaner

A method for controlling a robot cleaner configured to project light of a predetermined pattern to a floor of an area in front thereof in a specific direction and to acquire an image of the area to which the light is projected, according to the present disclosure, includes: (a) acquiring a front view image of the robot cleaner; (b) detecting the pattern from the image acquired in (a); and (c) discriminating a pattern formed by reflected light from a pattern formed by light directly projected from the robot cleaner, from among patterns indicated in the acquired image, on the basis of geometrical characteristics defined by a projection direction of the light and the direction of an optical axis in which the image is acquired when two or more patterns are detected from the image.

Robot cleaner and method for controlling the same

A robot cleaner and a control method thereof according to the present disclosure select a seed pixel in an image of an area in front of a main body, obtain a brightness difference between an upper region and a lower region obtained by dividing a predetermined detection area including each of neighboring pixels of the seed pixel and select a pixel belonging to a detection area having a largest brightness difference as a pixel constituting the boundary between objects indicated in the image. Accordingly, the boundary between objects present within a cleaning area can be detected rapidly and correctly through an image.

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