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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2023
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Kyoung Jin Chang, Suwon-si, KR;
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul, KR;
KIA CORPORATION, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
An apparatus for controlling a vehicle and method thereof includes an air injector that injects air of a preset target pressure to a driver of the vehicle, an ultrasonic transducer that transmits an ultrasonic wave to the driver and receives an echo of the ultrasonic wave, and a processor. The processor is configured to determine a skin stress of the driver based on the target pressure, determine a skin strain of the driver based on the echo, determine a skin stiffness of the driver based on the skin stress and the skin strain, and generate a vehicle sound by use of a volume function generated based on the skin stiffness.