DRIVING SAFETY SYSTEM AND VEHICLE USING THE SAME

摘要

A driving safety system for a vehicle includes a housing, a camera positioned on the housing, and a controller positioned on the housing and electrically coupled to the camera. The controller includes a plurality of modules whereby the camera captures images of the scene in front of the vehicle and an image identification module identifies a traffic light state and a value of a countdown timer in real time from the captured images and sends a corresponding signal to the micro control unit, then the micro control unit will warn the driver as to the states of the traffic lights and countdown timer. A vehicle using the driving safety system is also disclosed.

主权项

1. A driving safety system configured to operate in a vehicle, the driving safety system comprising:
a housing; a camera positioned on the housing for capturing images of a scene in front of the vehicle; a controller positioned on the housing and electrically coupled to the camera and comprising:
a micro control unit configured to receive captured images from the camera,a storage module electrically coupled to the micro control unit and configured to receive the captured images from the micro control unit,an image identification module electrically coupled to the micro control unit and the storage unit and being configured to identify a traffic light state and a value of a countdown timer from the storage images in real time,a warning module electrically coupled to the micro control unit, wherein the image identification module sends a signal to the micro control device upon a determination that a traffic light in an image is red and a value of the countdown timer is less than a preset value and the micro control unit sending a signal to the warning module to cause the warning module to emit a warning.