Hyundai Motor Company

Kia Motors Corporation

Lg Electronics Inc.

Yellowknife Inc.

Han Sung Lee

Jin Ho Bae

Yong Sun Kim

Mun Ho Jung

Dong Hoon Yi

Seoung Hoon Lee

Ki Jin Kwon

Jung Park

Moon Jeung Joe

Jun Yong Min

Joon Mo Park

Sang Min Jo

Embodiments relate to an apparatus for improving visibility of cluster design elements based on a driver's view, including an eye position detection unit to detect an eye position of the driver from a face image captured through a camera in a vehicle, a visible area determination unit to determine a visible area and an invisible area in a cluster based on the detected eye position, a position of the cluster in the vehicle and a position of a steering wheel, a display information detection unit to detect a position and shape of display information displayed on the cluster, and a display information design conversion unit to convert a position or shape of display information overlapping in the invisible area among the display information.

Method and apparatus for improving visibility of cluster design elements based on driver's view

Embodiments relate to an apparatus for recommending a cluster user interface (UI) design using a distribution of design elements including an eye position detection unit to detect an eye position of a driver from an image captured through a camera in a vehicle, a visible area determination unit to determine a visible area in a cluster based on the detected eye position, a position of the cluster in the vehicle and a position of a steering wheel, a cluster UI design search unit to search for a cluster UI design related to a shape of the determined visible area in a database, and a cluster management unit to recommend the found cluster UI designs to the driver and apply a cluster UI design selected by the driver from the recommended cluster UI designs to the cluster in the vehicle.

Method and apparatus for recommending cluster UI design using distribution of design elements

A horn actuating device of a motor vehicle is provided to enhance operating feeling of a horn actuating cover installed on a steering wheel. The horn actuating device prevents shaking of a horn actuating cover and prevents deterioration of operating feeling of the horn actuating cover by adopting a structural elastic member configured such that after the horn actuating cover for actuating a horn is actuated, the elastic member for returning the horn actuating cover back to an original position restrains shaking of the horn actuating cover and then installing the elastic member between the horn actuating cover and a horn mounting portion.

Horn actuating device of motor vehicle

A method for deploying an external air bag, including searching region of a front of vehicle, updating a physical amount of a searched object within the searching region each measurement period of a front sensor, determining a predicted physical amount each unit time during each measurement period, and predicting the physical amount by assuming that a specific searched object is moved at a constant speed when a capture of the specific searched object which was searched by the front sensor is stopped, selecting a target object among searched objects based on a relative speed or an overlap of the searched object obtained by the updating step or (Time To External Airbag) TTE and deploying the external air bag in a case in which each of a relative speed and an overlap predicted when the target object collides are a predetermined level or more.

Method for unfolding external air bag

Disclosed herein is an external airbag deployment method. The method includes setting, by a controller, a detection area located in front. In addition, the method includes setting, by the controller, a target object from objects detected in the detection area, when an object has a relative velocity greater than a first reference, an overlap greater than a second reference, and a TTE less than a third reference, wherein TTE is a remaining time until the object collides with an airbag cushion when the external airbag is predicted to be deployed. Furthermore, the method includes determining, by the controller, whether a relative velocity and an overlap, predicted at a time when the target object is predicted to collide with the vehicle, are greater than predetermined levels and deploying the external airbag when the predicted relative velocity and overlap are greater than the predetermined levels.

External airbag deployment method and system

In an external airbag deployment method, a detection area located in front of a vehicle is set. A target object is selected from among objects detected in the detection area by comparing relative velocities, overlaps, and Time To External Airbag (TTE) values of the detected objects. It is determined whether the vehicle is stable or unstable by comparing a predicted yaw rate of the vehicle with a measured yaw rate. It is determined whether a relative velocity and an overlap of the target object, predicted at a time when the target object is assumed to collide with the vehicle, are greater than predetermined levels. The external airbag is deployed if it is determined that the vehicle is stable and the predicted relative velocity and overlap of the target object are greater than predetermined levels.

External airbag deployment method

Disclosed herein is an external airbag deployment method of determining whether to deploy an external airbag. The method includes setting, by a controller, a detection area that has a predetermined range and tracking physical characteristics of objects entering the detection area. The detection area is a predetermined area located in front of a vehicle and is set by the controller based on a full deployment time of the external airbag and a relative velocity upon colliding with another object.

An apparatus and a method for detecting a vehicle location in a navigation system are provided. A travel angle difference and lateral and longitudinal inclinations of the vehicle are used to accurately detect the vehicle location if a vehicle location is estimated using detection signals from a sensor unit installed on a vehicle. If a value of DOP (Dilution of Positioning) of a navigation message received by a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold, reference vehicle location information is set using vehicle location information just previously map-matched and the detection signals from the sensor unit. The vehicle location is detected using the set reference vehicle location information and the detection signals from the sensor unit.

Apparatus and method for detecting vehicle location in navigation system

The present invention relates to a method for detecting a map matching position of a vehicle in a navigation system, wherein coordinates of a current vehicle location are obtained from navigation messages received by a GPS receiver using a general line equation for obtaining an intersection point between an arbitrary line and a perpendicular line drawn from an arbitrary point to the line, and the current vehicle location is matched to coordinates found through orthogonal projection on a link on a digital map closest to the obtained coordinates of the current vehicle location. The current vehicle location is detected from the navigation messages received by the GPS receiver, the detected current vehicle location is matched on the digital map to obtain coordinates Pof the current vehicle location, the digital map is searched to find a road link closest to the obtained coordinates Pof the current vehicle location, coordinates Pand Pof both end points of the searched road link are obtained, the orientation of linedefined by the coordinates Pand Pof the obtained road link is checked on the digital map, coordinates P of an intersection point of a perpendicular line drawn from the obtained coordinates Pto lineare obtained, and the current vehicle location is matched to the obtained coordinates P of the intersection point.

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Seoul, South Korea

Han Sung Lee