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Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2025

Filed:

Oct. 07, 2022
Applicants:

Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;

Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;

Inha University Research and Business Foundation, Incheon, KR;

Inventors:

Young Sam Yoon, Hwaseong-si, KR;

Jae Hun Lee, Yongin-si, KR;

Ki Ho Yum, Seoul, KR;

Dong Jin Jang, Siheung-si, KR;

Sung Wook Hwang, Seoul, KR;

Sang Kwon Lee, Seoul, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/068 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/068 (2013.01); B60W 2420/54 (2013.01); B60W 2422/70 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus and method for predicting a friction coefficient of a road surface are disclosed. The apparatus includes a microphone that obtains a sound signal around a tire mounted on a vehicle, and a controller that estimates a state and a type of the road surface and a degree of tire wear corresponding to the sound signal around the tire based on a first deep learning model, estimates a peak adjustment factor and an initial inclination adjustment factor of a friction coefficient curve corresponding to the state and the type of the road surface and the degree of tire wear based on a second deep learning model, and predicts the friction coefficient based on the peak adjustment factor and the initial inclination adjustment factor of the friction coefficient curve.


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