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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2022
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Sang Heun Lee, Seoul, KR;
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul, KR;
KIA CORPORATION, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
Provided is a broadcast signal output device and a vehicle having the same. The broadcast signal output device includes: a communicator configured to receive current location information; a memory in which map information is stored; a tuner configured to receive a broadcast signal having a frequency; a processor configured to determine whether a current location is a shadow area based on the current location information and the map information, determine whether a broadcast device is present upon determining that the current location is the shadow area, mute the received broadcast signal to prevent noise from being output upon determining that the broadcast device is absent, and control an output of the received broadcast signal upon determining that the broadcast device is present; and a sound outputter configured to output an audio signal in the received broadcast signal in response to a control command of the processor.