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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2020
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Youngbeom Kim, Bucheon-si, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A vehicle capable of directing a sound output from a center speaker to a passenger by adjusting a tilt angle and a swivel angle of a cradle for a user terminal device includes: a center speaker provided on a dashboard; a cradle provided within a preset distance from the center speaker, fixing a user terminal device, and configured to tilt and swivel; a camera configured to obtain an image of a passenger; and a controller configured to determine an ear position of the passenger based on the image of the passenger, determine a first angle and a second angle based on the ear position of the passenger, and control the cradle to be tilted by the first angle and swiveled by the second angle.