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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2021
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Daeyun An, Anyang-si, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A vehicle that can effectively prevent a collision between the tail gate and an obstacle in the situation where the tail gate is automatically opened or closed includes: a tail gate; a driving unit engaged to the tail gate and configured to open or close the tail gate; a UWB module configured to communicate with a smart key according to an authentication signal transmitted from the smart key in a first mode, and transmit a detection signal to an object and detect the object according to the detection signal reflected from the object in a second mode; and a controller connected to the UWB module and configured to operate the UWB module in the second mode when the driving unit operates, and stop the operation of the driving unit when the object is detected from the UWB module operating in the second mode during operation of the driving unit.