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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2016
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kyung Ho Yoo, Seoul, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
An apparatus for estimating a direction of a vehicle includes: a vehicle position calculator calculating a current position of the vehicle and a current time using a received satellite signal; a satellite candidate predictor predicting satellite candidates that are observable at the calculated current position of the vehicle using ALMANAC data in which information about positions and azimuths of satellites is included and using the calculated current position of the vehicle and current time; a road candidate searcher searching road candidates positioned around the vehicle based on the calculated current position of the vehicle; and a direction estimator estimating the direction of the vehicle using information about the predicted satellite candidates and the searched road candidates.