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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2018
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Jason Hoon Lee, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Sejun Kim, Superior Township, MI (US);
Byungho Lee, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Jaihyun Lee, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Kwangwoo Jeong, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Sanghoon Yoo, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A method can include: detecting a distance between the host vehicle and a preceding vehicle and a current speed of the preceding vehicle; calculating a relative speed of the host vehicle with respect to the preceding vehicle based on a current speed of the host vehicle and the detected current speed of the preceding vehicle; determining whether to activate an engine idle sailing (EIS) function, in which a driving gear of the host vehicle shifts to neutral, based on the relative speed of the host vehicle with respect to the preceding vehicle and the detected distance between the host vehicle and the preceding vehicle; and in response to determining to activate the EIS function of the host vehicle, controlling operation of the host vehicle so as to activate the EIS function of the host vehicle, causing the driving gear of the host vehicle to shift to neutral.