Patent classifications
B60K35/90
INSPECTING DEVICE AND INSPECTING METHOD
An inspection device for inspecting a virtual image for a head-up display device, includes a windshield; a display unit for generating an image and projecting the image onto the windshield without using a concave mirror; an imaging unit for capturing a virtual image of the image; a storage unit for storing data of a shape of the windshield and a relative position between the windshield, the display unit, and the imaging unit; an imaging unit position control unit for moving the imaging unit to a predetermined position; a display control unit for calculating an image distortion correction due to the concave mirror, based on the data corresponding to a position of the imaging unit after moving, and for controlling the display unit to generate the image taking into account the image distortion correction; and an image inspection unit for inspecting a distortion of the virtual image.
Vehicle, head-up displaying system and method for adjusting height of projection image thereof
A vehicle, a head-up displaying system and a method for adjusting a height of a projection image thereof are provided. The system includes a projector, a camera, a seat detecting module and a head-up controller. The camera is configured to detect an image having locations of the eyes of the driver and a predetermined reference point. The seat detecting module is configured to detect a position of a seat of the driver in the vehicle so as to obtain an actual horizontal distance between the eyes of the driver and the predetermined reference point. The head-up controller is configured to adjust a height of the projection image projected by the projector automatically according to the actual vertical distance. The system automatically controls the height of the projection image, and the projection image may be comfortable for the driver to view without any manual intervenes.
Vehicle cluster gauge system and method for calibrating the same
A method of calibrating and controlling a gauge, to which a stepper motor is applied in a cluster of hybrid electric vehicle (HEV), includes: receiving information corresponding to an operation state of an electric motor from a certain controller; and controlling a gauge angle indicated by a needle of the gauge to correspond to a target gauge angle indicated by the received information. The step of controlling includes: setting a dropping flag when the target gauge angle is lower than a previous gauge angle; and calibrating the target gauge angle to drop by a reference angle when the target gauge angle corresponds to an angle value that is different from a lowest point of the gauge while setting the dropping flag.
Olfactory-Based Vehicle Diagnostics
The disclosure includes a method comprising collecting sensor data from an olfactory sensor set of a vehicle, wherein the sensor data describes sensor measurements of an odor of a corresponding vehicle component, wherein the sensor data is received by a server. The method further includes receiving failure data from the server that describe a match between the sensor data and a fingerprint compound that corresponds to a failed vehicle component. The method further includes identifying the corresponding vehicle component that is described by the failure data. The method further includes identifying the corresponding vehicle component that is described by the failure data. The method further includes generating a notification based on the failure data and the corresponding component. The method further includes providing the notification to a driver of the vehicle.
CONTROL METHOD FOR COASTING OF ECO-FRIENDLY VEHICLE
A coasting control method of an eco-friendly vehicle includes steps of acquiring deceleration event information and road gradient information in front of a vehicle during driving, by a controller in the vehicle, determining target vehicle speed in a deceleration event in consideration of road gradient based on the deceleration event information and the road gradient information, by the controller, determining expected vehicle speed while the vehicle is decelerated in a coasting state, based on current vehicle speed, by the controller, determining a start location for starting coasting based on target vehicle speed in consideration of current vehicle speed of the vehicle and the road gradient and expected vehicle speed at a target location as a deceleration event location, by the controller, and operating an information provider for coasting guidance and coasting induction to a driver at a start location, by the controller.
Vehicle device
A vehicle device includes a control unit and a monitoring unit monitoring an abnormality occurred in the control unit and solving the abnormality. The control unit includes a plurality of operating systems that respectively control a plurality of human machine interfaces. The monitoring unit monitors whether the abnormality is occurred in functions of the control unit. In response to a detection of the abnormality, the monitoring unit solves the abnormality of the function in which the abnormality is detected while continuing operation of the function in which the abnormality is not detected.
Optimised display system for vehicle
An optimized display system for a vehicle using a glass assembly. The system includes a power source coupled to the processing unit for providing an input DC voltage. The processing unit is coupled to the power source. The processing unit is configured to receive input. The processing unit generates a command signal to interactively control a display unit in response to at least one input. A convertor is coupled to the processing unit. The convertor is configured to generate at least one of an output AC voltage or output DC voltage based on the command signal. The display unit includes one or more illumination devices sandwiched in the glass assembly.
HEAD-UP DISPLAY DEVICE
A scanning unit scans laser light emitted from a laser light emitting unit. A condensing lens condenses the laser light scanned with the scanning unit and forms a beam. A screen forms the display image thereon upon incidence of the beam formed with the condensing unit. A projection unit projects the display image formed on the screen onto the display member. The screen includes a micromirror array or a microlens array. When the beam is incident on any point of the micromirror array or the microlens array, two or more components forming the micromirror array or the microlens array overlap with a spot of the beam. When a center of the beam and a center of any component among the components are matched, a center of a neighboring component next to the component of interest is outside the spot of the beam.
FAILURE DETECTION METHOD IN CHARGING CONNECTOR LOCKING SYSTEM
A failure detection method in a charging connector locking system includes transmitting, by the main controller, an initial command that is received from the charge controller to the locking device; monitoring, by the main controller, whether the initial command is normally executed by the locking device; and determining, by the main controller, whether a failure occurs in the locking device by monitoring whether the initial command is executed while transmitting, to the locking device, a lock command and an unlock command alternately at predetermined time intervals within a predetermined number of times when the initial command is not normally executed, thereby determining the failure of the locking device with high accuracy.
MANAGING RECREATIONAL VEHICLES AND ACCESSORIES
A vehicle is electrically connected to one or more accessories. The vehicle includes at least one controller that may be configured to identify the accessory based on accessory identification information. The controller may also be configured to provide one or more commands to control an operation of the accessory.