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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019

Filed:

Dec. 07, 2017
Applicants:

Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;

Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;

Inventors:

Hui Sung Lee, Gunpo-si, KR;

Hyoung Shin, Yongin-si, KR;

Youngwook Song, Seoul, KR;

Kichang Yi, Suwon-si, KR;

Assignees:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 3/02 (2006.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01); B60R 1/10 (2006.01); B60R 1/00 (2006.01); B60R 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 3/0204 (2013.01); B60R 1/005 (2013.01); B60R 1/10 (2013.01); B60R 11/04 (2013.01); B60R 2001/1223 (2013.01); B60R 2001/1253 (2013.01); B60R 2001/1269 (2013.01);
Abstract

A signal display sun visor may include a camera photographing an object in front of vehicle; a folding detector sensing whether or not the sun visor is opened; a traffic light detector determining a current location of the vehicle by receiving a GPS signal and whether a traffic light exists in front of the vehicle based on the current location by using map information; an image processor determining a traffic light from a digital image by processing and analyzing the digital image and a signal of the determined traffic light; a signal display unit displaying the signal of the traffic light determined by the image processor; and a controller controlling operation of the respective constituent elements, operating when the sun visor is opened at greater than or equal to a predetermined angle, and controlling the camera to photograph a traffic light when the traffic light exists in front of the vehicle.


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