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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2014
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Seung Ho Choi, Uiwang-si, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A method of controlling an active air flap, includes detecting a location of a vehicle from a GPS signal received through a GPS receiver, and acquiring a road surface gradient of a road on which the vehicle travels from location information of the vehicle and map information stored in a data storage, by a controller, determining an opening degree setting value corresponding to the road surface gradient of the road, by the controller, outputting a control signal for controlling an opening degree of an air flap according to a setting value, by the controller, and controlling the opening degree of the air flap by operating an actuator according to the control signal.