Hyundai Motor Company

Kia Motors Corporation

Sung Jin Sah

Kwang Myung Oh

Sung Min Park

Hui Sung Lee

Sung-Min Park

Jin Ho Na

A force based touch interface device comprising a touch substrate, a torsion preventing structure for preventing torsion of the touch substrate by an externally-applied force touch, a plurality of sensors for measuring the force touch applied to the touch substrate at different positions, an input device for applying the force touch onto the touch substrate, and a controller for measuring force data using the plurality of sensors when the force touch is applied onto the touch substrate, for estimating force data for symmetrical points for touch points to which the force touch is applied using the measured force data, and for comparing the measured force data and the estimated force data with ideal force data to generate a calibration matrix for correcting a process error.

Force-based touch interface device and method for correcting the force-based touch interface device

The present disclosure relates to a touch input device. The touch input device includes a first touch sensing member which is provided with a first touch surface. A second touch sensing member is disposed across the first touch sensing member, and is provided with a second touch surface that is located on the opposite side of the first touch sensing member. A suspension is provided to be deformable in response to a touch direction when a touch is applied to one of the first touch sensing member and the second touch sensing member. A force sensor is provided in the suspension.

Touch input device

A security apparatus having a force-based touch interface includes: a touch input including a touch plate for a touch input and a force sensor spaced apart at a predetermined distance by a connection member in a direction perpendicular to a touch surface of the touch plate and measuring a pressing force applied to the touch plate at a plurality of measurement points; and a processor configured to recognize directions of a shear force using magnitudes of the pressing force measured by the force sensor, to compare the recognized directions of the shear force with directions of a shear force of a previously registered security code, and to determine whether to disable security according to a comparison result.

Security apparatus having force-based touch interface

A touch input device includes a touch sensing element having at least two input parts partitioned by at least one partition line, a plurality of force sensors mounted on a bottom surface of the touch sensing element, and at least one support member mounted on the bottom surface of the touch sensing element to provide reaction force to an elastic sensing element in a vertical direction and serving as the partition line. In at least one of the two input parts, a moment based on a shearing force may be canceled by the support member.

An apparatus for recognizing a touch input includes: a touch input detector detecting a touch input signal depending on a force-based touch input on a touch pad; a vehicle movement detector sensing movement of a vehicle; and a processor configured to detect an abnormal signal generated by the movement of the vehicle in the touch input signal and to recognize the touch input by performing signal interpolation on an abnormal signal generation section in which the abnormal signal is generated.

Apparatus and method for recognizing touch input using interpolation

A touch input device includes a first sensor having a first surface to which a touch is input, and a second surface opposing the first surface, and a second sensor connected to the second surface of the first sensor, and spaced apart from the first sensor in a vertical direction, wherein the first sensor measures a first position of the touch input to the first surface, wherein the second sensor measures a force caused by the touch input to the first surface of the first sensor, and calculates a second position by applying the force measured by the second sensor to force and moment equilibrium equations, when a distance between the first position and the second position is greater than or less than a threshold, the touch input to the first surface of the first sensor is determined to be a shear force or a sliding gesture, respectively.

A touch input device includes: a touch plate having a first surface facing in a first direction, and a second surface facing in a second direction opposing the first direction; at least one elastic member connected to the second surface of the touch plate, and deformed in at least one of the first direction and the second direction when a touch is applied to the first surface of the touch plate; and a plurality of sensors connected to the at least one elastic member and detecting when the elastic member is deformed to sense the touch. The plurality of sensors are disposed to be inwardly spaced apart from end edges of the touch plate, and output a first signal when a sensor among the plurality of sensors senses that one point of the touch plate is pulled in the first direction and a second signal when the one point of the touch plate is pushed in the second direction, and the touch plate has a plurality of touch areas divided by a plurality of imaginary lines connecting the plurality of sensors to each other virtually.

An apparatus for checking a rear lamp includes a sensor and a controller. The sensor is disposed in at least one rear lamp and configured to obtain a first signal generated from the outside. The controller is configured to turn on the at least one rear lamp according to the first signal.

Apparatus, method and system for checking rear lamp

The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for recognizing a user input. The apparatus comprises a sensor configured to sense an acoustic wave signal generated by knocking a surface of a medium, an extractor configured to separate an initial pulse signal from the acoustic wave signal and extract signal characteristic of the separated initial pulse signal, and a controller configured to recognize a knocking gesture based on the signal characteristic extracted by the extractor and generate a corresponding control signal.

Apparatus and method for recognizing a user input

An acoustic user interface apparatus and method can detect physical touch contacting a sensing surface and improve the accuracy of direction recognition of a touch or rubbing without any complicated algorithm. The user interface apparatus and method use one microphone to detect and analyze sound waves which are generated by collisions between bumps formed in a top plate or bottom plate of the interface apparatus and the opposing bottom plate or top plate when a user is touching or rubbing the sensing surface.

Acoustic user interface apparatus and method for recognizing touch and rubbing

An apparatus and method for recognizing a touch of a user terminal are provided. The method includes retrieving, by a controller, an acoustic wave signal according to an input generated from an exterior and analyzing the acoustic wave signal. In addition, the controller is configured to detect a type kind and strength of the acoustic wave signal and adjust the screen data of the output unit to correspond to the detected type and strength of the acoustic wave signal.

Apparatus and method for recognizing touch of user terminal based on acoustic wave signal

A user interface apparatus using a speaker to control device operations by utilizing a speaker and a method thereof are provided. The user interface apparatus includes a user input pad that forms at least a portion of the exterior of a speaker and is configured to generate an impact sound wave based on an external impact An impact sound wave recognizer is configured to receive feedback of an output signal output via the speaker and separate a reverse current signal due to the impact sound wave included in the feedback signal. In addition, a controller is configured to analyze a waveform of the reverse current signal separated by the impact sound wave recognizer to recognize a user input pattern, and output a control signal that corresponds to the recognized user input pattern. The device operations of various devices may be controlled by tapping or flicking the exterior of a speaker.

User interface apparatus using speaker and method thereof

An acoustic sensor apparatus mounted to a medium is disclosed. The acoustic sensor apparatus includes: a sensor unit processing an input acoustic signal; and a housing including a body unit having an accommodation groove in which the sensor unit is accommodated, a cap unit formed to close an opening of the accommodation groove, and a coupling unit formed to mechanically couple the body unit or the cap unit to a medium.

Acoustic sensor apparatus

A variable mounting sound wave touch pad includes an upper touch pad connected to a microphone to recognize a sound wave. A lower touch pad is spaced apart from the upper touch pad. A plurality of mounting members have one end attached to the lower touch pad and the other end protruding toward the upper touch pad and vary by an actuator which interlocks with the lower touch pad.

Variable mounting sound wave touch pad

A system for controlling a sound wave-based touch recognition interface includes: an auditory user interface (AUI) pad configured to transfer a sound wave, a sound wave recognition member configured to convert the sound wave transferred from the AUI pad into an electrical signal, and an actuator member attached to one side of the AUI pad and configured to be deformed in response to the electrical signal converted by the sound wave recognition member.

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Sung Jin Sah