Hyundai Motor Company

Kia Motors Corporation

Kia Corporation

Sung Hoon Yu

Sang Joon Kim

Hui Un Son

Kyu Hwan Jo

Joo Young Kim

Jea Mun Lee

Joon Young Park

Sung Bae Jeon

Jin Kyeom Cho

Sung Deok Kim

Young Eun Kim

Ji Hoon Kang

Jae Young Park

Jung Min Cha

Seong Wook Moon

Lee Hyoung Cho

Chan Ho Lee

Song Il Park

Nam Kwon Lee

Ye Chan Jeong

Hyun Kim

Jong Wha Kim

Young Sun Nam

In Kyu Lee

Oh Eun Kwon

A vehicle speed controlling apparatus comprising a driving mode selector configured to receive a selection of a periodic-speed driving mode from a user, a driving strategy control unit including a speed profile generator configured to generate a periodic-speed driving speed profile with a period, an amplitude, and an average speed, and a driving assistance unit configured to output a required torque for a driving motor to follow the periodic-speed driving speed profile.

Vehicle speed controlling apparatus

Disclosed are a vehicle including an electric motor and a method of controlling the same for providing a notification function to an occupant of the vehicle by controlling a pitching motion of a vehicle body. The method includes calculating a first torque value for providing the pitching motion based on driving state information including a vehicle speed, a driving mode, and an environment of a driving road; calculating a second torque value based on a request of a driver; and calculating a final torque value for controlling the electric motor based on the first torque value and the second torque value.

Vehicle including electric motor and method of controlling the same

A brake lamp control method of a vehicle is provided. The method includes determining whether a deceleration of the vehicle based on regenerative brake through the electric motor is present in a hysteresis period between an off threshold as a reference for turning off a brake lamp and an on threshold as a reference for turning on the brake lamp. When the deceleration of the vehicle is present in the hysteresis period, the method includes determining a state of the brake lamp before the deceleration of the vehicle enters the hysteresis period. In response to determining that the brake lamp is turned on or off for a reason except for the regenerative brake before the deceleration of the vehicle enters the hysteresis period, a request for turning on the brake lamp is set or reset based on the regenerative brake in response to the determined state of the brake lamp.

Vehicle including electric motor and method of controlling brake lamp for the same

A method of controlling stability of a motorized vehicle having an electric motor as a drive source includes determining a slope of a road ahead, when sensing a sudden slope change point as a result of determination, determining a correction section based on the sudden slope change point, and correcting stability control torque in the correction section to compensate for motion of the vehicle body due to a change in the slope of the road using a pitching motion of the vehicle body caused by the torque of the electric motor.

Vehicle equipped with electric motor and stability control method therefor

A method of controlling a brake lamp of a vehicle including an electric motor as a power source includes determining whether gear shifting is required and whether there is a forward section with a suddenly changing slope when regenerative braking is performed through the electric motor without manipulation of an accelerator pedal or a brake pedal, delaying the gear shifting until the gear shifting exceeds a gear-shifting limit when the gear shifting is required and when there is the forward section with the suddenly changing slope, calculating acceleration based on regenerative braking torque while the gear shifting is delayed, and controlling the brake lamp based on the calculated acceleration.

Controlling a speed limit includes determining a virtual vehicle speed as being a lower one of a vehicle speed and a target limit speed, determining a virtual APS value as being a larger one of a first APS value and a second APS value, transitioning to a second mode at a point in time at which an actual APS value and the second APS value become different, when it is expected to transition to the second mode, among a first mode for sustaining a SOC of a battery at the target limit speed and the second mode for depleting the SOC, and determining a transmission gear position by applying the determined virtual vehicle speed and the determined virtual APS value to one of a first shifting pattern and a second shifting pattern.

Hybrid electric vehicle and method for controlling speed limit for the same

An apparatus and method control regenerative braking torque of an electric vehicle on which an anti-lock brake system (ABS) is mounted. The apparatus and method can compensate the regenerative braking torque of the driving motor based on the behavior model of the electric vehicle, such that the ABS is prevented from entering an operating range to the maximum limit to maximize the energy recovery rate through regenerative braking. The apparatus includes a disturbance extractor that extracts a disturbance in a specific frequency band from a difference between a behavior model and an actual behavior of the electric vehicle. The apparatus includes a torque compensator that compensates for the regenerative braking torque based on the disturbance extracted by the disturbance extractor.

Apparatus for controlling regenerative braking torque of an electric vehicle and a method thereof

A turning control system of a vehicle includes: a database storing road information; a sensor part to detect a steering angle of a vehicle, a wheel speed of the vehicle, whether the vehicle is accelerated, whether the vehicle is braking, and whether a speed gear of the vehicle is shifted; and a controller that determines whether the vehicle enters a turning section based on one or more pieces of the information detected by the sensor part and the road information stored in the database. In particular, when the vehicle is entering the turning section, the controller sets a target speed of the vehicle and controls a speed of the vehicle to be decelerated to the set target speed.

Turning control system of vehicle and turning control method thereof

A vehicle and a method of controlling turning thereof are provided. The turning control method of a vehicle includes calculating first compensation torque based on a lateral acceleration variation during turning, determining first compensated demanded torque by applying the first compensation torque to demanded torque, determining second compensation torque for preventing wheel slip of a driving wheel based on the first compensated demanded torque and an actual vehicle behavior, and determining second compensated demanded torque input to a driving source controller by applying the second compensation torque to the first compensated demanded torque.

Vehicle and method of controlling turning thereof

An apparatus for controlling engine idling of a hybrid electric vehicle having an engine, an electric motor and a driving motor includes: an engine target speed determination part to determine an engine target speed when an engine idle speed control is requested; an engine target torque determination part to determine an engine target torque when the engine idle speed control is requested; a speed control part to determine a control torque for maintaining an engine speed at a predetermined speed based on a difference value between the engine target speed and an engine actual speed; a power split part to determine an output torque of the electric motor and an engine compensation torque of the engine based the control torque; and a final engine torque determination part to sum the engine compensation torque and the engine target torque to determine a final engine torque.

Apparatus for controlling engine idling of hybrid electric vehicle

A vehicle including an electric motor has improved operating performance of a brake lamp using regenerative braking. A method of controlling a brake lamp of the vehicle includes determining a tendency of a driver, calculating a corrected mass based on the determined tendency of the driver, and calculating corrected acceleration based on the corrected mass and regenerative braking torque of the electric motor. An on threshold is corrected based on a difference between a requested torque and the regenerative braking torque at a time at which an accelerator pedal is released, and the brake lamp is turned on based on the corrected on threshold and the corrected acceleration.

The present disclosure relates to a vehicle and a parking control method therefor which can prevent a parking curb or a driving system from being damaged during parking due to collision with the parking curb or running over the parking curb according to creep torque imitation by an electric motor in a vehicle equipped with the electric motor. A parking control method includes determining whether a parking situation occurs, applying a creep torque modification coefficient to a creep torque until contact with an object that applies a reaction force to a wheel in a parking direction is sensed to determine a modified creep torque upon determining the parking situation, and variably controlling the creep torque by applying a variable coefficient to the modified creep torque.

Vehicle equipped with electric motor and parking control method therefor

A vehicle driving control method depending on a baby mode, may include, when the baby mode is activated, receiving information on a state of a vehicle seat, correcting a center state of charge (SOC) value of a battery of the vehicle based on the information on the state of the vehicle seat, determining a state of a transmission of the vehicle, and performing regenerative brake and brake pedal stroke (BPS) scale/filtering correction control or an electric vehicle (EV) mode and accelerator position sensor (APS) scale/filtering correction control based on the state of the transmission of the vehicle and the state of the vehicle seat.

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Sung Hoon Yu