Hyundai Motor Company

Kia Motors Corporation

JongChan Jun

Jinhyung Lee

Kwon Hyoung Choi

Junsik Hwang

Dea Ki Cheong

Chang Yu Kim

Deok Hwan Seo

Jihye Kim

Kwan Sik Jeon

Hongjun Kim

Provided is a vehicle including: an image acquisition unit; a cap provided on a body of the vehicle and configured to open and close a replenishing port for replenishing an energy source; a driving unit allowing the cap to be separated or connected from/to the body; and a controller configured to determine an intention of a user to replenish the energy source on the basis of an image acquired by the image acquisition unit, and control the driving unit such that the cap is automatically separated from the body in response to determining that the intention of the user to replenish the energy source exists.

Vehicle including a cap that is automatically separated from a vehicle body

A vehicle may include: a power-supplier; a starting part to receive an ignition command; a drive part to generate driving force, braking force, and steering force using power of the power-supplier; a user interface (UI) to receive power from the power-supplier, a command from a user, and output image information; and a controller to control the drive part and the user interface (UI) upon receiving an ignition command, stop operation of the drive part upon receiving a command of a rest mode, and to perform and control operation of the user interface (UI). The vehicle may further include: an air conditioner to adjust an indoor temperature; an input to receive an operation command of the air conditioner, a target indoor temperature and a rest mode. The controller controls the air conditioner on the basis of detected indoor and outdoor temperatures.

Vehicle and method for controlling the same

Growing community of inventors

Hwaseong-si, South Korea

JongChan Jun