Hyundai Motor Company

Kia Motors Corporation

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Kia Corporation

Kia Motor Corporation

Kia Motors Company

Kwang Hee Park

Byeong Wook Jeon

Jae Chang Kook

Sang Jun Park

Dong Hoon Jeong

Sangjun Park

Seong Wook Hwang

Seung Jun Shin

Gyeong Su Kim

Kyung Mo Kang

Sung Gun Baek

A control device for a multi-stage transmission for an electric vehicle is provided. The control device includes a controller configured to calculate a driving force of a drive motor when entering a shift mode and to determine a shift time point based on the calculated driving force, and the multi-stage transmission configured to perform shifting at the determined shift time point.

Control device of multi-stage transmission for electric vehicle and control method therefor

An apparatus for controlling a transmission of a vehicle includes a processor configured to identify a location of a speed bump based on collected information about a specified section of a front road and determine whether the vehicle enters a section of the speed bump, and to set an oil pressure of the transmission to a first oil pressure in a normal driving section and set the oil pressure of the transmission to a second oil pressure when the vehicle enters the section of the speed bump, and a controller that controls the oil pressure of the transmission corresponding to a setting of the processor for each driving section of the vehicle.

Apparatus and method for controlling transmission of vehicle

A personalized driving mode control device is provided. The device includes a controller configured to determine a driver based on identification information of the driver, a memory configured to store driving style information for the driver, and a personalized driving mode controller configured to control a drive mode for the driver depending on the driving style information for the driver, the drive mode configured to be controlled by receiving the driving style information of the driver from an external device when the driving style information is not stored in the memory, wherein the personalized driving mode controller is configured to correct the driving style information depending on a change in vehicle class and control the drive mode based on the corrected driving style information.

Apparatus for controlling personalized driving mode based on authentication of driver, system including the same, and method thereof

An apparatus for shift control in a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes storage configured to store speed profiles corresponding to respective gears of the vehicle for each of a plurality of downhill slopes, and a controller configured to perform the shift control in the vehicle based on the speed profiles, when the vehicle coasts on a downhill road.

Apparatus and method for shift control in vehicle

An apparatus and a method for controlling a transmission of a vehicle may include a determining device configured to determine whether to perform a front-vehicle-based deceleration following control based on information on the vehicle and information on the front vehicle when coasting of the vehicle is started, a calculating device configured to determine a target speed of the vehicle and a target distance based on a position, a speed, and a moving distance of the front vehicle, when the front-vehicle-based deceleration following control is determined to be performed, a gearshifting stage deciding device configured to decide a final gearshifting stage of the transmission based on the determined target speed and the target distance by configuring a deceleration profile for each gearshifting stage of the transmission, and a controller to control the transmission based on the final gearshifting stage.

An apparatus for controlling transmission of vehicle may include a determining device to determine whether to perform deceleration control, based on the vehicle and a target for the deceleration control in front of the vehicle, a calculating device to sub-divide a distance between a current position of the vehicle and the target for the deceleration control into sections, and calculate a target distance for each section of the plurality of sections and a target speed of the section, based on a current speed of the vehicle and the distance between the current position of the vehicle and the target for the deceleration control, a gearshifting stage deciding device to determine a gearshifting stage for each section of the plurality of sections, based on the calculated target speed and the calculated target distance for the section by configuring a deceleration profile for each gearshifting stage, and a control device to control the transmission for each section based on the gearshifting stage for the section.

Apparatus and method for controlling transmission of vehicle and vehicle system

An apparatus for controlling a transmission of a vehicle includes: a determination device that decides whether to perform a forward vehicle-based deceleration tracking control, based on information of the vehicle and a forward vehicle, when the vehicle starts to coast; a calculation device that calculates a target velocity and a target distance based on a position and a velocity of the forward vehicle, when the forward vehicle-based deceleration tracking control is decided to be performed; a gear position decision device that constructs deceleration profiles for respective gears and decides a final gear based on the target velocity and the target distance calculated; and a controller that controls the transmission based on the final gear.

An apparatus and method for controlling a transmission of a vehicle, may include a determination device that determines whether a curve is present within a predetermined distance ahead of the vehicle, based on information regarding a road ahead of the vehicle, a calculation device that determines lateral acceleration of the vehicle based on information regarding the curve and information regarding a state of the vehicle and determines a pattern correction coefficient based on the predicted lateral acceleration, a pattern correction device that corrects a preset gear-shift pattern based on the pattern correction coefficient, and a controller that is configured to control the transmission based on the corrected gear-shift pattern when the vehicle enters the curve.

An apparatus and a method for controlling a transmission of a vehicle are provided. The apparatus includes a determination device to determine whether to perform speed following control based on state information of a traffic light positioned on a road in front of the vehicle in coasting, a stop position predicting device to predict a stop position of the vehicle based on position information of the vehicle and the traffic light, a transmission stage decision device to determine a target position and a target speed based on the predicted stop position and to form a speed profile for each transmission stage to determine a final transmission stage based on the target position and the target speed, and a controller to perform speed following transmission control based on the final transmission stage.

An apparatus for shift control in a vehicle includes: a transmission; an acceleration apparatus; and a control circuit electrically connected with the transmission and the acceleration apparatus. The control circuit shifts the transmission from a drive state to a neutral state when an activation condition for coasting is satisfied during travel of the vehicle, and corrects an oil pressure for release of a clutch in the transmission at the time of a kickdown shift, when a driver's input for kickdown is detected through the acceleration apparatus during the coasting.

A device and a method of controlling a transmission of a vehicle may include a determining device that compares road information related to a first road section corresponding to a road section on which the vehicle is currently traveling and a second road section disposed ahead of the first road section to determine a gradient of the second road section, a calculating device that determines an increase amount of a gradient-inducing resistance based on a difference between gradients of the first road section and the second road section according to a determination result from the determining device, and a controller that compares the increase amount of the gradient-inducing resistance with a reference value to perform transmission control and engine torque control based on comparison of the increase amount of the gradient-inducing resistance with the reference value.

Device and method for controlling transmission of vehicle

A transmission may include a compound planetary gear set; a first clutch provided to transmit power of an input shaft to a second rotation element of the compound planetary gear set; a third clutch provided to transmit the power of the input shaft to a third rotation element of the compound planetary gear set; an overdrive provided to increase the power of the input shaft; a second clutch provided to transmit the power through the overdrive from the input shaft to the second rotation element of the compound planetary gear set; a fourth clutch provided to transmit the power through the overdrive from the input shaft to a fourth rotation element of the compound planetary gear set; a first brake provided to selectively stop rotation of the third rotation element of the compound planetary gear set; and a second brake provided to selectively stop rotation of the fourth rotation element of the compound planetary gear set.

Transmission for vehicle

A transmission control apparatus may include a determination device that determines a predicted running load on a predetermined section of a road ahead of the vehicle by use of information regarding a grade and a curvature of the predetermined section of the road ahead of the vehicle and determines fuel consumptions for respective gears, based on the predicted running load, a determination device that determines a final gear, based on the determined fuel consumptions for respective gears, and a controller that performs gear shift control for the vehicle, based on the final gear.

Apparatus and method for transmission control of vehicle, and vehicle system

A method of predicting a driving condition of a vehicle may include selecting a first prediction position where a vehicle is predicted to pass afterward while driving and predicting a first driving load of the vehicle at the first prediction position; when the vehicle reaches the first prediction position, measuring a driving condition of the vehicle at the first prediction position; and predicting a second driving load at a second prediction position where the vehicle is predicted to pass afterward by reflecting an error between the first driving load at the first prediction position and the real driving condition at the first prediction position.

Method and system for predicting driving condition of vehicle

A transmission control apparatus for a vehicle includes: a speed prediction device that predicts speeds for each gear stage from a current position of the vehicle to a position of a speed camera based on a driving state of the vehicle when it is identified that the speed camera exists on a road ahead while an operation of an accelerator pedal is in an OFF state; and a controller that determines a transmission gear stage based on the predicted speeds for each gear stage and performs a transmission control operation of the vehicle based on the determined transmission gear stage.

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