Patent ID: 11679778

Abstract:
A method for assisting a vision of a driver includes: receiving a signal indicating that weather information is emergency weather information from a navigation device according to setting by a vehicle driver, and turning on a vision assisting device included in the vehicle in response to the signal; obtaining an image of an infrared thermal camera of the vision assisting device, which photographs a front of the vehicle when the vehicle travels, and obtaining an image of a camera of the vision assisting device, which photographs the front of the vehicle when the vehicle travels; controlling an image processor of the vision assisting device to determine whether a matching rate between image data of the infrared thermal camera and image data of the camera is equal to or less than a first threshold; and, when the matching rate is equal to or less than the first threshold, using distances between the vehicle and respective objects located at the front, a rear, and sides of the traveling vehicle, speeds of the respective objects, which are detected by a radar sensor of the vision assisting device, and the images of the infrared thermal camera photographing the front of the vehicle to generate a surrounding state image of the vehicle, which includes the distances and the speeds.