公开(公告)号：US20190308656A1

公开(公告)日：2019-10-10

申请号：US16470404

申请日：2017-11-14

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Sang-min SHIN ,  Deok-young KIM ,  Yong-wook KIM ,  Dae-in CHOI ,  Gang-heok KIM

IPC: B62D5/00 ,  B60W50/16 ,  B62D5/04 ,  B62D15/02

Abstract: Provided are an electronic device and method for assisting driving of a vehicle, the electronic device including a sensor configured to sense a rotation direction of a steering wheel of the vehicle, a processor configured to monitor rotation direction switching events of the steering wheel, obtain a rotation direction switching pattern about a number of rotation direction switching events of the steering wheel per unit time, and determine whether to provide an alert to a driver of the vehicle, based on the obtained rotation direction switching pattern, and an outputter configured to output the alert to the driver, based on the determination.