Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090312895 | Mode change control method of hybrid vehicle - The present invention provides a mode change control method of a hybrid vehicle, which can improve driving performance and power performance and provide a more stable vehicle behavior control during a mode change from an EV mode to a HEV mode. For this purpose, a transmission input speed is compared with an engine idle speed. If the transmission input speed is lower than the engine idle speed, the pressure of a clutch is open-loop controlled so that an optimal engine torque of operation point determination circuit can be transferred to the clutch. On the other hand, if the transmission input speed is equal to or higher than the engine idle speed, the clutch pressure is feedback-controlled so that a delta RPM follows a target delta RPM profile. | 12-17-2009 |
20110009237 | METHOD FOR REDUCING GEAR SHIFTING SHOCK OF HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE - The present invention provides a method which controls the hydraulic pressure of a clutch (an engine clutch) disposed between an engine and a drive motor, thus reducing gear shifting shock and vibration. The method comprises a slip preparation step of determining that gear shifting is required and reducing the hydraulic pressure of the clutch to a preset target hydraulic pressure from a point in time at which the gear shifting is required. The method further comprises a slip maintaining step of feedback-controlling the hydraulic pressure of the clutch such that a slip rate of the clutch is maintained constant after the hydraulic pressure of the clutch reaches the target hydraulic pressure; and a clutch lock-up completing step of increasing the hydraulic pressure of the clutch, from a point in time at which the gear shifting is completed, to a maximum hydraulic pressure for making a lock-up state of the clutch. | 01-13-2011 |
20110014955 | MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING AN LED BACKLIGHT UNIT - A mobile terminal having a display unit provided with an LED backlight and controlling method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes a housing, a display unit including a liquid crystal display provided to one side of the housing and a backlight unit including a plurality of light emitting diodes for a backlight provided to a backside of the liquid crystal display and a control unit controlling the backlight unit to selectively adjust brightness of the light emitting diodes in part. Accordingly, a mobile terminal according to at least one of embodiments of the present invention controls light emission of an LED backlight locally, thereby providing more various display visual effects. And, a mobile terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention is able to use at least one portion of the light emitted from an LED BLU of a display unit as an illumination of a main body without using a separate light source for external illumination. Moreover, the illumination of the main body is able to play a role as a transmitter in a visible light communication. | 01-20-2011 |
20110118921 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ECONOMICAL DRIVING OF HYBRID VEHICLE AND A HYBRID VEHICLE EMBODYING SAME - Featured are apparatuses and methods for economical driving of a hybrid vehicle. Such methods include determining a present fuel consumption efficiency control value by considering present fuel consumption as a real consumption amount of a fuel and a battery, determining a driving pattern fuel consumption efficiency control value by considering fuel consumption determined by a vehicle speed and a driving condition, and guiding economical driving to a driver by applying a weight value factor to the present fuel consumption efficiency control value and a driving pattern fuel consumption efficiency control value. Also featured is a hybrid vehicle embodying such apparatuses and methods. | 05-19-2011 |
20120056470 | BRAKING CONTROL METHOD FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE - The present invention features braking control methods for an electric vehicle. Such methods include identifying a vehicle operational condition occurring during regenerative braking that reduces regenerative braking capacity; linearly reducing the amount of regenerative braking of a motor of the electric vehicle after identifying such a vehicle operational condition; and at the same time, increasing the amount of hydraulic braking of a hydraulic braking system to compensate for the reducing of the amount of regenerative braking. Such operational conditions include when the temperature of a motor or battery is increased above a predetermined level during regenerative braking or when the shift lever is shifted to Neutral (N) position by a driver during regenerative braking. | 03-08-2012 |
20120062203 | APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION - Provided is a wireless power transmission system to increase efficiency in wireless power transmission. A wireless power transmitter may include: one or more capacitors; a power inputting unit configured to receive power from a power supply and to charge the one or more capacitors; a transmitting unit configured to transmit resonance power; and a switching unit configured to control electrical connection of the one or more capacitors to the power inputting unit and to the transmitting unit. A wireless power receiver is also described. | 03-15-2012 |
20120069768 | TRANSMIT ANTENNA SUBSET SELECTION FOR RETRANSMISSION - A transmit switched antenna system utilizes one of several antennas selection protocols combined with feedback from a receiving device to take advantage of time and space transmission for the same information. A transmit device transmits first information over a first subset of a set of antennas and receives an ACK or NACK from the receiver along with a channel quality indicator. If a NACK is received, the transmitter selects a next antenna subset for transmission, based on the antenna selection protocol utilized. One protocol randomly selects the next subset and does not require the channel quality indicator. Another protocol determines the next antenna subset based on channel quality history, and a third protocol selects the next antenna subset based on expectation of retransmissions for different protocols. | 03-22-2012 |
20120072061 | CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HYBRID VEHICLE - The present invention relates to a control system and a method for a hybrid vehicle which may optimally control the operating point of a vehicle. A control method for a hybrid vehicle includes detecting driving requests and a state of charge (SOC) of a battery when the vehicle is driving in HEV mode, determining a motor operating point and an engine operating point when the battery is in low SOC state, and compensating the motor operating point and the engine operating point by applying a climbing degree of the vehicle and theatmospheric pressure. | 03-22-2012 |
20120142488 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING ENGINE OPERATING POINT OF A HYBRID VEHICLE - The present invention provides a system and method for estimating an engine operating point of a hybrid vehicle. The system includes an engine target speed conversion unit, a PI control unit, an anti wind-up feedback unit, and an engine torque compensation unit. The engine target speed conversion unit converts a target speed of the engine into a target speed of the first motor. The PI control unit calculates and orders a torque with respect to the first motor based on the target speed of the first motor. The anti wind-up feedback unit feeds back an anti wind-up term that is a torque shortage of the first motor to an engine torque compensation unit when the engine operating point is not changed into the target speed of the engine. The engine torque compensation unit compensates a calculated torque for an engine target torque to order the engine target torque. The engine torque compensation unit includes a torque conversion calculator for converting the anti wind-up term into a torque corresponding to an engine shaft. | 06-07-2012 |
20120142489 | CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHANGING SPEED IN STARTING THE ENGINE OF A HYBRID VEHICLE - The present invention relates to a control system and method for changing speed in starting an engine of a hybrid vehicle that is capable of preventing the occurrence of shift shock. In a hybrid vehicle which includes an engine, a first motor for controlling the engine cranking and engine speed, a second motor that is a traction motor for directly transmitting torque to the axle, a first planet gear set in connection between the engine and the first motor, and a second planet gear set in connection between the engine and the second motor, the control system comprises: a PI control part which instructs a calculated torque to the second motor after calculating the torque, wherein the torque corresponds to the target speed of the second motor; and an engine friction torque feed-forward part for transmitting torque to the PI control part by a feed-forward term control method during starting of the engine, wherein the torque corresponds to the reacting power transmitted to the second motor. | 06-07-2012 |
20120161531 | WIRELESS POWER AND DATA TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION SYSTEM - Provided are an apparatus and a method for simultaneously transmitting and receiving a wireless power and data. A wireless power and data transmission apparatus may include: a modulator configured to modulate first data by adjusting a power amount to be charged in one or more capacitors; a switch controller configured to control one or more switches corresponding the one or more capacitors based on a charging time to charge the one or more capacitors and a transfer time to transfer a power charged in the one or more capacitors and the modulated first data to a source resonator; and a transmitter configured to transmit the charged power and the modulated first data using the source resonator. | 06-28-2012 |
20120207066 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR BIDIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATION BETWEEN MULTI-NODES USING RELAY NODE - An apparatus for bidirectional communication between multi-nodes using a relay node receives 2M signals, encoded using a nested lattice code chain, from a base station and M user nodes in a predetermined time interval, estimates M pairwise lattice code sum signals between the base station and the M user nodes based on the nested lattice code chain with respect to the 2M encoded signals, encodes the M pairwise lattice code sum signals to broadcasting codewords to generate M encoded signals after the predetermined time interval has ended, and transmits the M encoded signals to the base station and the M user nodes. | 08-16-2012 |
20120277943 | OPTIMIZED VEHICLE TRACTION CONTROL - In one embodiment, a vehicle motor controller controls an electric drive motor that transfers a torque to a drive wheel, and a traction control system (TCS) controller performs a TCS control to i) reduce a torque transferred to the drive wheel such that the drive wheel does not slip, when it is determined that the drive wheel slips, and ii) release the TCS control to gradually increase the motor torque transferred to the drive wheel along a predetermine line, when it is determined that the drive wheel does not slip. Also, when the TCS is released, the motor torque of the motor may be gradually increased along a predetermined slope such that the drive wheel slip decreases and vibration of the drive system is reduced in the vehicle. Vibration of the drive system may also be decreased through an active damping torque applied against the speed vibration of the motor. | 11-01-2012 |
20120299557 | WIRELESS POWER AND DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - Provided is a wireless power data transmission system that may transmit wireless power and may transmit data using wireless power. A wireless power transmitter may include capacitors, and may convert an electrical connection of the capacitors to a parallel connection for charging. The wireless power transmitter may also convert the electrical connection of at least two of the capacitors to a series connection for discharging. | 11-29-2012 |
20120303192 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TRAVEL OF HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE IN AN EMERGENCY - Disclosed herein is a method of controlling the travel of a hybrid electric vehicle in an emergency. It is determined whether an abnormality has occurred in a low voltage Direct Current-Direct Current (DC-DC) converter. When it is determined that an abnormality has occurred in the low voltage DC-DC converter, it is determined whether the voltage of a low voltage battery has deviated from the operational voltage range of a braking device. When the voltage of the low voltage battery has deviated from the operational voltage range of the braking device, a restricted vehicle speed is set to take into account mechanical braking power. A maximum torque used to restrict the torque of a driving motor is set based on the set restricted vehicle speed. | 11-29-2012 |
20120310457 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CUTTING FUEL FOR HYBRID VEHICLE - Disclosed is a method and a system for cutting fuel for a hybrid vehicle. More specifically, a control unit in the vehicle is configured to determine margin torque according to each driving mode, determine whether a current vehicle driving condition is a coasting driving condition, compare a engine torque and a sum of friction torque and the margin torque to determine whether the engine torque is greater than the sum of the friction torque and the margin torque and cut fuel injection to the engine when the engine torque is equal to or less than the sum of the friction torque and the margin torque. | 12-06-2012 |
20120328043 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING WIRELESS POWER - Provided are apparatuses, systems and methods for performing communication using wireless power. According to one general aspect, a communication device using wireless power may include: a controller configured to determine whether a mutual resonance occurs between a target resonator and a source resonator; and a modulator configured to modulate data based on whether the mutual resonance occurs. | 12-27-2012 |
20130002176 | DRIVE MOTOR CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A VEHICLE - Disclosed is a system and method for reducing vibrations caused by a motor during braking of a vehicle, More specifically, the disclosed technique detects an actual rotational speed of a drive motor, calculates a target rotational speed of the drive motor by filtering the actual rotational speed, calculates a speed difference between the actual rotational speed and the target rotational speed, calculate an offset value by filtering the speed difference, calculate a speed vibration by deducting the offset value from the speed difference, and reduce the speed vibration of the motor by applying a compensated torque in an opposite direction of the speed vibration based on the calculated speed vibration. | 01-03-2013 |
20130006459 | CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A MOTOR - Disclosed is a control system and method for a hybrid vehicle. More specifically, system is configured to calculate a target speed of the first motor/generator according to output speed of the engine, calculate an error speed between a real speed and the target speed of the first motor/generator, apply a compensation value to the error speed, and calculate a target torque of the first motor/generator by applying proportional gain and integrated gain to the compensated error speed of which the compensation value is applied. Accordingly, an error speed is detected between a target speed and a real speed of the first motor/generator according to driving conditions of the engine and the first motor/generator quickly reaches the target speed and the vibration is prevented by applying a compensation value to the error speed such that the control efficiency of entire shifting system is improved. | 01-03-2013 |
20130006489 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF CONTROLLING A POWERTRAIN FOR HYBRID VEHICLE - A method and a system of controlling a powertrain for a hybrid vehicle which is configured to start an engine and use power from the engine even though a starting motor has failed. More specifically, a controller is configured to determine whether the starting motor has failed or not and if the starting motor has failed, a first clutch is engaged to lock a first planetary gear set to start the engine with power from the drive motor. Furthermore, while operating the vehicle, power may be supplied from just the drive motor, just the engine or both even when the starting motor has failed. | 01-03-2013 |
20130030625 | CONTROL METHOD FOR POWERTRAIN OF HYBRID VEHICLE IN COMPOUND SPLIT MODE - A control method for a powertrain of a hybrid vehicle executing a compound split mode where a first carrier and a second ring gear are selectively connected. More specifically, a controller, determines a target torque of the second motor/generator based on a gear ratio of the first sun gear and the first ring gear, a gear ratio of the second sun gear and the second ring gear, a demand torque of the powertrain, and an output torque of the first motor/generator; determines a compensation value based on a target speed of the engine and a current speed of the engine; and determines a final torque of the second motor/generator based on the target torque of the second motor/generator and the compensation value, and controlling the second motor/generator according to the final torque of the second motor/generator. | 01-31-2013 |
20130041533 | SHIFTING SYSTEM CONTROL FOR A HYBRID VEHICLE - The present invention relates to a control of a shifting system for a hybrid vehicle which may improve drivability when shift mode is changed to neutral mode. Shifting system control may comprise determining when a current shift gear is in a neutral shift, controlling torque of an engine corresponding to friction torque and torque of a second motor/generator to “0” if the current shift gear is in the neutral shift and controlling operating hydraulic pressure to “0” if the engine torque corresponds to the friction torque and the torque of the second motor/generator is “ | 02-14-2013 |
20130041534 | ECONOMY RUNNING SYSTEM FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - An economy running system for an electric vehicle and a control method therefor. The economy running system includes a central control unit, a motor control unit for receiving a signal from the central control unit and controlling the motor, an economy mode switch which selectively changes the driving mode of the electric vehicle between a normal mode and an economy mode, an accelerator position sensor which detects operation of an accelerator and transmits an accelerator position signal to the central control unit, a brake position sensor which detects operation of a brake and transmits a brake position signal to the central control unit, and a driving load determination unit which detects driving load information of the electric vehicle and transmits the information to the central control unit. | 02-14-2013 |
20130041535 | ENGINE STARTING CONTROL METHOD FOR HYBRID VEHICLE - Disclosed is an engine starting control method for a hybrid vehicle that includes a starting motor for starting an engine and a driving motor for driving a vehicle. More specifically, a control unit may be configured to accelerate a stopped engine, determine whether a current speed of the engine is greater than a predetermined value, inject fuel to the engine when the current speed of the engine is greater than the predetermined value, determine a torque of the starting motor based on a target speed of the engine, and control a speed of the engine based on the determined torque of the starting motor. | 02-14-2013 |
20130043738 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SHARING ENERGY IN WIRELESS DEVICE - A method and apparatus to share energy in a wireless device are provided. A power sharing method between a wireless device and at least one neighboring wireless device, includes scanning, by the wireless device, the at least one neighboring wireless device. The power sharing method further includes determining to share power with the at least one neighboring wireless device. The power sharing method further includes sharing power with the at least one neighboring wireless device. | 02-21-2013 |
20130059533 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING WIRELESS POWER - Provided are a devices, systems and methods for performing communication using wireless power. According to one general aspect, a communication device using wireless power may include: a controller configured to control mutual resonance between a target resonator and a source resonator; a demodulator configured to demodulate information transmitted from the source resonator based on an amount of energy received from the source resonator; and a modulator configured to modulate information based on the mutual resonance. | 03-07-2013 |
20130069442 | WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - Provided is a device and method for wirelessly transmitting power, and a wireless power transmission device that may control an electrical connection between a power charger and a transmitter to charge a source resonator with power and transmit the charged power to a target resonator through mutual resonance. | 03-21-2013 |
20130080091 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING WIRELESS POWER - Provided is a device and system for performing communication using wireless power, and a communication device using wireless power. The device may calculate a slope of an envelope in a waveform of energy stored in a target resonator through mutual resonance with a source resonator, and estimate a point placed within a predetermined interval around a point at which the slope reaches a maximum as a starting point of the mutual resonance between the source resonator and the target resonator. | 03-28-2013 |
20130085631 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING UPHILL DRIVING OF AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE - Disclosed is a system and method that control an electric vehicle to engage a brake and to output torque of a motor after completely stopping an electric vehicle on a slope by the brake and controlling the torque of the motor to be 0 when the torque of the motor is a positive value and the velocity of the motor is a negative value when the electric vehicle is rolling backwards down a hill during uphill driving, such that safety and reliability of the electric vehicle can be improved when the electric vehicle is driving uphill on a slope. | 04-04-2013 |
20130089127 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENVELOPE DETECTION - An apparatus and a method are described for envelope detection used in fields including voice processing, image processing, data communication, and energy/data transmission. The apparatus and the method for envelope detection eliminate a carrier component from a modulated signal by performing a square-sum operation between two adjacent sampling signals among signals sampled from the modulated signal. The apparatus and the method detect an envelope of the modulated signal from the modulated signal in which the carrier component is eliminated. | 04-11-2013 |
20130131950 | VIBRATION CONTROL APPARATUS OF DRIVING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is a vibration control apparatus of a driving system for a vehicle. More specifically, a toque command generating portion receives a demand torque from a driver and generates a torque command for operating a motor. A torque control portion receives the torque command from the toque command generating portion, collects information on exterior disturbances, and controls an actual torque of the motor accordingly. Lastly, a damping portion extracts and filters a vibration element generated due to operation of the motor by control of the torque control portion and generates a target torque to eliminate vibrations from the motor. | 05-23-2013 |
20130142235 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING ENVELOPE - A method and apparatus for detecting an envelope are provided. The method and apparatus may detect an envelope of a modulating signal based on a low calculation complexity and a simple circuit configuration, by detecting an envelope for a plurality of sampling signals with equal time intervals. | 06-06-2013 |
20130144501 | SYSTEM FOR INDUCING ECONOMIC DRIVING FOR VEHICLE - Disclosed is a technique for inducing economic driving for a vehicle. In particular, a control unit calculates a driving resistance of a vehicle based on a current rolling friction, air resistance, and a road grade of the vehicle. The an amount of air-conditioning energy consumed by the vehicle is calculated by the control unit, and in response the calculated driving resistance and air-conditioning energy are substituted into a data map to continuously calculate the optimal economic vehicle speed of the vehicle in real time. The optimal economic vehicle speed calculated by the control unit is then displayed to a driver via a display unit. | 06-06-2013 |
20130151048 | CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF HYBRID VEHICLE - Disclosed is a control system and method for controlling starting of an engine in a hybrid vehicle. More specifically, a controller is implemented that confirms first and second brake and the first and second clutch are released so that the system is in a neutral condition, confirm that the engine is stopped, and control the first motor-generator and the second motor-generator to rotate the engine at a predetermined rotational speed to start the engine. | 06-13-2013 |
20130156191 | COMMUNICATION SECURITY METHOD AND APPARATUS OF FIRST NODE AND SECOND NODE COMMUNICATING BASED ON FULL DUPLEX COMMUNICATION SCHEME USING NEAR FIELD - A communication security method and apparatus of a first node and a second node are provided. The first node and the second node communicate with each other based on a full duplex communication scheme using a near field. In the communication security method and apparatus, information to be transmitted may be encrypted based on received information and the encrypted information may be transmitted, in a TX node and an RX node. The communication security method and apparatus prevent an additional node from decrypting the information, and ensure transmission and reception of reliable data. In addition, the communication security method and apparatus prevent information from being decrypted in a physical layer, by periodically or aperiodically exchanging a new encryption key. | 06-20-2013 |
20130158758 | TECHNIQUE FOR CALCULATING DISTANCE TO EMPTY IN ELECTRIC VEHICLE - Disclosed is a technique for calculating Distance to Empty (DTE) in an electric vehicle. In the disclosed technique, a past driving average fuel efficiency is calculated. An air conditioning average energy consumption rate during past driving is calculated. A past driving average fuel efficiency when assuming an air conditioning apparatus is not used from the past driving average fuel efficiency and the air conditioning average energy consumption rate is calculated. A current driving fuel efficiency is calculated. Then the past driving average fuel efficiency when assuming the air conditioning apparatus is not used and the current driving fuel efficiency are blended, and the DTE is calculated from the blended driving fuel efficiency. | 06-20-2013 |
20130158760 | CONTROL METHOD OF HYBRID VEHICLE - A control method of a hybrid vehicle that includes engages a second clutch and in response outputs a torque through an output shaft that is connected to the second carrier via torque supplied from an engine and a first and second motor-generators. Accordingly, the speed of the engine is controlled via the first motor-generator, and a torque of an output shaft is control via the second motor-generator. Accordingly, the second motor-generator is used to control an operating point of the engine so that a base motor torque is effectively set. | 06-20-2013 |
20130175873 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WIRELESSLY TRANSMITTING ENERGY BASED ON FRAME - An apparatus for wirelessly transmitting energy based on a frame is provided. The apparatus includes a transmitter configured to transmit, to at least one reception device, energy in a frame unit through a mutual resonance between a source resonator and a plurality of target resonators, and a controller configured to determine information included in the frame based on whether energy is transmitted to the at least one reception device, or based on whether data is transmitted to the at least one reception device. | 07-11-2013 |
20130178156 | NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION (NFC) SECURITY APPARATUS AND METHOD - A method and apparatus for security of communication devices that communicate with each other in a near field are provided. A Near Field Communication (NFC) security apparatus may detect the presence of a neighboring device other than communication devices, based on a change in a near field. In response to detecting the presence of the neighboring device, the NFC security apparatus may control an amount of energy transmitted by the communication devices such that the neighboring device may be prevented from accurately receiving a signal transmitted between the communication devices. | 07-11-2013 |
20130311016 | DISTANCE TO EMPTY CALCULATION METHOD FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE - Disclosed is a Distance to Empty (DTE) calculation method for an electric vehicle, and more particularly, a DTE calculation method for an electric vehicle that provides a more accurate DTE calculation by estimating remaining available energy of an actual battery and using the estimated remaining available energy for calculation. The DTE calculation method includes obtaining a battery's initial available energy, calculating a battery's accumulative consumption energy consumed while driving a current accumulative driving distance, calculating a battery's remaining available energy from the initial available energy and the accumulative consumption energy, calculating a final fuel efficiency corresponding to driving the current accumulative driving distance, and calculating a DTE from the final fuel efficiency and the remaining available energy. | 11-21-2013 |
20130325230 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING MOTOR TORQUE FOR ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY VEHICLE - Disclosed is a method of controlling motor torque of a vehicle capable of increasing vehicle mileage and improving fuel efficiency by adjusting regenerative torque of a motor according to a driving tendency of a driver when a vehicle is in a coasting mode by detecting a driving tendency of a driver by analyzing the number of brake pedal operations and engaging depth of a brake pedal for a predetermined period | 12-05-2013 |
20130343310 | TRANSMIT ANTENNA SUBSET SELECTION FOR RETRANSMISSION - A transmit switched antenna system utilizes one of several antennas selection protocols combined with feedback from a receiving device to take advantage of time and space transmission for the same information. A transmit device transmits first information over a first subset of a set of antennas and receives and ACK or NAK from the receiver along with a channel quality indicator. If a NAK is received, the transmitter selects a next antenna subset for transmission, based on the antenna selection protocol utilized. One protocol randomly selects the next subset and does not require the channel quality indicator. Another protocol determines the next antenna subset based on channel quality history and a third protocol selects the next antennas subset based on expectation of retransmissions for different subsets. | 12-26-2013 |
20140067211 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY CONTROLLING VEHICLE SPEED - Disclosed is a system and a method for automatically controlling a vehicle speed. The method of automatically controls a driving speed of the vehicle to be a set target vehicle speed by: detecting the driving speed of the vehicle; determining a slope of a driving road; and when the driving road is an inclined road, controlling the driving speed of the vehicle to be the target vehicle speed based on a driving resistance value which reflects an inclination angle of the inclined road. | 03-06-2014 |
20140121871 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING THE CHARGING OF A HYBRID VEHICLE - Disclosed is a method and a system for controlling charging of a hybrid vehicle which controls engine idle by using a starting/generating motor when a battery is charged. The method includes: determining a target charging to be charged in the battery by the starting/generating motor and a target torque of the starting/generating motor for generating the target charging amount based on a state of charge (SOC) of the battery and power consumption of a load of an electric device when the engine is idle; driving the engine by applying a command of torque corresponding to the target torque to the engine; detecting torque actually output from the starting/generating motor; calculating an error between the actual torque and the target torque; calculating an engine torque compensation value based on the calculated error; and feedback controlling an idle speed of the engine by adding the engine torque compensation value to the command of torque of the engine. | 05-01-2014 |
20140121874 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOTOR TORQUE CONTROL FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE WITH TRANSMISSION - Disclosed herein is a motor control system and method for a vehicle with a transmission comprising for improving the quality of shifting, by improving precision in shifting control with precise and active motor torque control by calculating a maximum and a minimum motor torque in response to determining a power-on up-shift for increasing a shifting gear and a power-off down-shift for decreasing the shifting gear in shifting of the vehicle. | 05-01-2014 |
20140148306 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ENGINE CLUTCH DELIVERY TORQUE OF HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A system and method for controlling engine clutch delivery torque of a hybrid electric vehicle when the engine clutch delivery torque is learned includes: an engine clutch configured to control power transmission between an engine and a motor; an integrated starter-generator (ISG) configured to start the engine or to generate electric power by output of the engine; a transmission configured to change power applied to wheels; and a controller configured to control the engine, the motor, the integrated starter-generator, and the engine clutch in a predetermined condition and to check their states under the predetermined condition, wherein while learning the engine clutch delivery torque, the controller operates and controls the integrated starter-generator in order for the engine to maintain an idle speed when the idle speed is varied above a predetermined value. | 05-29-2014 |
20140148983 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING CHARGING AND DISCHARGING FOR A HYBRID VEHICLE - A method and system for controlling charging and discharging for a hybrid vehicle that may consume regenerative electric power collected by a motor through regenerative braking while coasting the hybrid vehicle when operating an integrated starter-generator (ISG) according to a state of charge (SOC) of a battery. The method of controlling charging and discharging for a hybrid vehicle which includes a motor operated by power of a battery and an ISG configured to start an engine or generate electric power by torque of the engine includes: changing a running mode of the hybrid vehicle to a regenerative braking mode when the hybrid vehicle is coasting, controlling the motor to generate electric power in the regenerative braking mode, determining whether an SOC of the battery is a charge limiting state, and operating the ISG by electric power generated by the motor when the SOC of the battery is the charge limiting state. | 05-29-2014 |
20140149024 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING START OF HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE - Disclosed are a method and a system for controlling a start of a hybrid electric vehicle including a belt connecting an engine and an integrated starter-generator. The method for controlling a start of a hybrid electric vehicle including a belt connecting an engine and an integrated starter-generator according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: measuring characteristic values of the belt and storing the characteristic values in a memory; measuring a slip torque change rate of the integrated starter-generator causing belt slip according to the measured characteristic values of the belt and storing the slip torque change rate in the memory; determining whether there is a start demand of the engine; sensing a coolant temperature of the engine when there is the start demand of the engine; matching the sensed coolant temperature to the slip torque change rate; and feedback controlling the integrated starter-generator so that the torque change rate of the integrated starter-generator may be limited within the slip torque change rate when the engine is started. | 05-29-2014 |
20140155222 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LEARNING A TRANSFERRING TORQUE FOR HYBRID VEHICLE - A system and method for learning a transferring torque for a hybrid vehicle includes: an engine and a motor connected through a clutch; a Hybrid Starter Generator (HSG) that is connected to the engine and is used to start the engine; and a controller for transferring a charging power by the motor to the HSG in a case where the charging power by the motor is greater than or equal to a chargeable power of the battery when the transferring torque is learned through the clutch. | 06-05-2014 |
20140163776 | VEHICLE DRIVING CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A vehicle driving control system and method for selecting a driving pattern using a predetermined program (or application) and for operating vehicle driving via a terminal that provides driving information of the selected driving pattern. The vehicle driving control system may include a terminal configured to transmit a selected driving pattern mode and driving pattern control information on the selected driving pattern mode to a vehicle controller when a predetermined vehicle driving pattern control program is executed. A vehicle controller is configured to operate an object of a vehicle related to driving based on the driving pattern mode and the driving pattern control information transmitted by the terminal. A transceiver is configured to transmit and receive signals between the terminal and the vehicle controller. | 06-12-2014 |
20140163790 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING RUNNING MODE CHANGE FOR HYBRID VEHICLE - A method and system for controlling a running mode change that prevent shock generated when releasing an engine clutch in changing from a running mode to another running mode. The method includes detecting, by a controller, a running mode change occurring in the hybrid vehicle and determining whether to change a state of the engine clutch from a lock-up state to an open state while the running mode change is being processed. The controller is further configured to slip-control the engine clutch to prevent torque occurring at a point in time when the engine clutch is changed to the open state from being transmitted to a driving shaft connected to the transmission, when the state of the engine clutch is determined to be changed from the lock-up state to the open state. | 06-12-2014 |
20140163791 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING HYBRID VEHICLE - Disclosed herein is a method and system for controlling a hybrid vehicle that can run a hybrid vehicle while preventing an engine stall when an engine clutch which controls power transmission between an engine and a motor is in a stuck-breakdown condition. The method of controlling a hybrid vehicle, which includes an engine clutch controlling power transmission between an engine and a motor, and a transmission clutch connecting the motor and an input shaft of a transmission, includes: determining whether the engine clutch is in a stuck-breakdown condition, and controlling the engine and the transmission clutch to maintain speed of the engine above a predetermined target idle RPM according to demand torque of the hybrid vehicle when the engine clutch is in a stuck-breakdown condition. | 06-12-2014 |
20140163792 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING DRIVE TORQUE OF VEHICLE - A method and a system that control a drive torque of a vehicle in which there is a change in a torque of a predetermined magnitude when drive power of the vehicle enters a zone in which a predetermined maximum output is generated to allow a driver to feel that the drive power of the vehicle enters the maximum output zone during traveling. The method may include calculating, by a controller, a drive request torque of a vehicle and calculating drive power displayed on a drive power gauge of an instrument cluster based on the calculated drive request torque. In addition, the method may include adding, by the controller, a predetermined additional torque to the drive request torque when the calculated drive power displayed on the drive power gauge enters a predetermined zone of the drive power gauge. | 06-12-2014 |
20140163793 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING AN ENGINE START FOR HYBRID VEHICLE WHEN A STARTER MOTOR IS IN TROUBLE - Disclosed herein is a method and system for controlling an engine start when a starter motor of a hybrid vehicle is in trouble. The method of controlling an engine start for a hybrid vehicle includes: determining whether a starter motor is in trouble when an engine start is requested, slip-controlling the transmission clutch for torque of the motor and the engine and transmission torque of the transmission to become independent of one another while starting the engine by the motor when the starter motor is in trouble, controlling the motor to generate driving power needed to start the engine when the slip-control of the transmission clutch is started, and starting the engine while controlling pressure of the engine clutch so that the driving power of the motor may be transmitted to the engine. | 06-12-2014 |
20140163827 | SHIFT CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HYBRID VEHICLE - A shift control method and system for a hybrid vehicle that may shorten shift-speed time and solve a problem in demand torque during shifting by performing pressure control, to perform connection synchronization control to a target shift-speed using speed control of a motor and to make at least one transmission clutch generate a driver's demand torque, while performing shift-control. The shift control method for a hybrid vehicle using power of an engine and/or power of a motor includes: controlling a pressure of at least one transmission clutch to shift to a target shift-speed; and controlling a speed of the motor for speeds at both ends of the at least one transmission clutch to be synchronized while being shifted to the target shift-speed. | 06-12-2014 |
20140172214 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SETTING MOTOR TORQUE FOR HYBRID VEHICLE - A method and system for setting motor torque for a hybrid vehicle that converts charge or discharge limiting power of a battery into maximum charge or discharge torque of a motor to set motor torque and to protect a battery system of the hybrid vehicle may include obtaining maximum discharge power of a battery of the hybrid vehicle, power consumption of a low voltage DC-DC converter (LDC), and power consumption of electrical loads; calculating electrical discharge power that may be output by a motor with electric power based on the maximum discharge power, the power consumption of the LDC, and the power consumption of the electrical loads; calculating mechanical discharge power that may be output from the motor based on the electrical discharge power of the motor and discharge efficiency of the motor; and calculating maximum discharge torque of the motor at a determined speed based on the mechanical discharge power. | 06-19-2014 |
20140244083 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AUTO CRUISE OF HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A system and method for controlling automatic cruise control system is provided. More specifically, a request torque for the automatic cruise control system is calculated based on the target vehicle speed and the inclination angle of a road on which the vehicle travels, and the calculated request torque is distributed into engine torque and motor torque at a predetermined ratio. The engine and a motor are then controlled so that the engine and the motor generate torque at the predetermined ratio, and a speed difference between the traveling vehicle speed and the target vehicle speed are calculated. Additionally, a following motor torque is calculated for following the target vehicle speed based on the calculated speed difference and then is added to the distributed motor torque. The traveling vehicle speed is then controlled to the target vehicle speed based on the summed motor torque. | 08-28-2014 |
20140244088 | CONTROL METHOD OF HYBRID VEHICLE - A control method of a hybrid vehicle that includes engages a second clutch and in response outputs a torque through an output shaft that is connected to the second carrier via torque supplied from an engine and a first and second motor-generators. Accordingly, the speed of the engine is controlled via the first motor-generator, and a torque of an output shaft is control via the second motor-generator. Accordingly, the second motor-generator is used to control an operating point of the engine so that a base motor torque is effectively set. | 08-28-2014 |
20140343771 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONVERTING DRIVING MODE AND CONTROLLING SHIFTING OF HYBRID VEHICLE - A system and method of converting a driving mode and controlling shifting of a hybrid vehicle are provided. The method includes simultaneously converting, by a controller, a driving mode and controlling shifting of a hybrid vehicle when a high torque is required according to the an acceleration requirement of a driver when the hybrid vehicle is driven in an EV mode. Therefore, an acceleration response for the acceleration requirement of the drive may be improved. | 11-20-2014 |
20140371961 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CHANGING RUNNING MODE WHEN BATTERY DISCHARGE OF HYBRID VEHICLE IS LIMITED - A method and system for changing a running mode when a battery discharge of a hybrid vehicle is limited include detecting each state of the drive motor and the battery, determining whether a need for a change to a running mode in which an operation of the engine is requested when the drive motor operates and the battery discharge is limited. A starting motor is operated first with an available power of the battery when the change to the running mode is requested. The engine is controlled so that the starting motor may perform a charging operation, for synchronization of an engine clutch, and for driving the drive motor with available power of the battery when the engine has been started by the starting motor. | 12-18-2014 |
20140379184 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR STARTING ENGINE DURING FAILURE OF STARTER MOTOR OF HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A method of starting an engine when a starter motor of a hybrid electric vehicle has a failure includes identifying a request for starting the engine in a state where the starter motor has the failure. When the request for starting the engine is made in the state where the starter motor has the failure, a torque or a load of an engine clutch and a pressure of the engine clutch are determined. A torque of a driving motor is set to a smaller torque between a driving motor demanded torque and a torque obtained by subtracting the torque of the engine clutch from a maximum torque of the driving motor. The engine starts with the set torque of the driving motor while controlling the engine clutch. | 12-25-2014 |
20150105953 | VIBRATION CONTROL APPARATUS OF VEHICLE WITH MOTOR - A vehicle vibration control apparatus includes a motor for supplying driving torque; left and right drive wheels at the s ends of a drive shaft rotated by driving torque produced by a motor; ABS for controlling braking force applied with the drive wheels; and a control unit for controlling the rotational speed of the motor to follow rotational speed of the drive wheels when the ABS is operated. Thereby, vibration generated between the motor | 04-16-2015 |
20150149030 | OFFSET CORRECTION METHOD FOR AUTOMOBILE OIL PRESSURE SENSOR - An offset correction method for an automobile oil pressure sensor determines whether or not an engine start signal is applied. An offset value of the oil pressure sensor installed on an oil pressure line connected to an oil pump is detected within a first preset period after the start signal is applied. An output value of the oil pressure sensor is corrected after the offset value is detected. | 05-28-2015 |
20150151736 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING TORQUE INTERVENTION OF HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A method and an apparatus for controlling torque intervention of a hybrid electric vehicle are provided that determine a final engine torque and a final motor torque considering efficiency of a hybrid system. The method includes calculating a demand torque of a driver, determining receipt of a signal of the torque intervention, and calculating the demand torque of the driver on which an intervention torque is reflected. In addition, the method includes calculating first operating points of the engine and the motor considering an efficiency of the hybrid system according to the demand torque of the driver on which the intervention torque is reflected, calculating a final engine torque and a final motor torque according to each of the first operating points of the engine and the motor, and adjusting a torque reduction using the final engine torque and the final motor torque. | 06-04-2015 |
20150183424 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ENGINE STARTING WHILE SHIFTING OF HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A technique for controlling engine starting while shifting a hybrid vehicle is provided that minimizes fuel consumption of the engine by determining an improved engine starting time and drivability when a current operating state of the hybrid vehicle requests a kick down shift required to start the engine and coupling of the engine clutch. In particular, the technique controls engine starting while shifting a hybrid vehicle by employing an information detector configured to detect a current operating state of the hybrid electric vehicle, and a controller configured to control an operation of a transmission, a motor, an engine, and an engine clutch based on output signals from the operating information detector. | 07-02-2015 |
20150329100 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TORQUE REDUCTION OF HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A method for controlling torque reduction of a hybrid electric vehicle including a motor and an engine includes determining whether a demand torque of a traction control system (TCS) is generated. When the demand torque of the TCS is generated, the demand torque of the TCS and a motor output torque is compared. Based on a result of the comparison, torque reduction is performed by using only one of a motor torque. Also disclosed are an apparatus configured to perform the method for controlling torque reduction and a computer readable storage medium causing performance of torque reduction through the use of only one of a motor torque and an engine torque. | 11-19-2015 |
20150345353 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACTIVATING CATALYST OF HYBRID VEHICLE - A method and a system for activating a catalyst of a hybrid vehicle are provided. In particular, the system and the method maintain a speed of a motor to be a predetermined speed when a transmission of the hybrid vehicle is in a neutral state and heat and activate the catalyst by increasing an engine torque through a slip of an engine clutch. The method includes increasing, by a controller, torque of an engine by controlling a slip of an engine clutch disposed between the engine and a motor of the hybrid vehicle. The controller determines whether a temperature of the catalyst of the hybrid vehicle reaches a predetermined temperature and feedback-controls the slip of the engine clutch when the temperature of the catalyst is less than the predetermined temperature. | 12-03-2015 |
20150369619 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DISTANCE TO EMPTY OF GREEN VEHICLE - An apparatus for providing a distance to empty of a green vehicle includes a motor. A battery provides a driving voltage to the motor and includes a plurality of cells. A motor controller is configured to control driving and a torque of the motor. A battery manager is configured to control charge and discharge of the battery. A vehicle controller is configured to integratedly control the motor controller and the battery manager according to a state of the vehicle through a network. The vehicle controller calculates a first distance to empty (DTE) by using a past fuel efficiency, calculates a second DTE by using designated route driving information, and calculates a final DTE by using the first DTE and the second DTE. | 12-24-2015 |
20160025160 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING ENGINE CLUTCH TRANSFER TORQUE OF ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY VEHICLE - An engine clutch transfer torque determining apparatus of a vehicle includes: a power source including an engine and a driving motor; an engine clutch that is located between the engine and the driving motor to selectively connect the engine to the driving motor; and a vehicle controller that controls release or engagement of the engine clutch to implement a driving mode, wherein the vehicle controller releases a clutch hydraulic pressure in the engine clutch when a running state of the vehicle satisfies a transfer torque determining advancing condition, controls a speed of the motor and a speed of the engine while maintaining a speed difference between the motor and the engine in a predetermined relative speed range, and determines a transfer torque of the engine clutch based on a clutch hydraulic pressure and a clutch input torque when the engine clutch slips. | 01-28-2016 |
20160031325 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING REGENERATIVE BRAKING AMOUNT OF HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A method for calculating a regenerative braking amount of a hybrid electric vehicle includes calculating a first possible available charging power of a motor when regenerative braking of the hybrid electric vehicle is required; calculating a second possible charging power of the motor by using the first possible charging power of the motor; converting the second possible charging power of the motor to a torque of a wheel axle; calculating an available amount of regenerative braking by reflecting a coasting torque on the torque of the wheel axle; generating a motor torque command based on the available amount of regenerative braking; and calculating a final regenerative braking amount by monitoring a real motor torque according to the motor torque command and correcting an error. | 02-04-2016 |
20160047465 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FOR REDUCING SYNCHRONIZATION SHOCK DURING UPSHIFT IN ACCELERATED STATE - A method of controlling an automatic transmission for reducing synchronization shock during an upshift in an accelerated state may include determining a shift progress rate, performing shift progress rate determination of determining whether the determined shift progress rate is higher than a certain value, performing PID control of a release element when the shift progress rate is determined to be higher than the certain value, performing release element-shared torque determination of determining whether a shared torque of the release element is higher than 0, and reflecting the PID control in the release element when the shared torque of the release element is determined to be higher than 0. | 02-18-2016 |
20160059705 | REGENERATIVE BRAKE APPARATUS OF HYBRID VEHICLE AND METHOD THEREOF - A regenerative braking apparatus of a vehicle includes: an engine that supplies power to front wheels of the vehicle; a hybrid starting generator (HSG) that starts the engine; an engine clutch that is disposed between the engine and a transmission and selectively transmits power from the engine to the front wheels; a motor that supplies power to the rear wheels of the vehicle; a battery that stores electrical energy generated by the HSG and the motor; and a controller that generates friction braking torque on the front wheels when necessary braking torque of the front wheels is larger than regenerative braking torque of the front wheels, and that generates friction braking torque on the rear wheels when necessary braking torque of the rear wheels is larger than regenerative braking torque of the rear wheels, in braking of the vehicle. | 03-03-2016 |
20160059848 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPENING ENGINE CLUTCH OF HYBRID VEHICLE - A system and method for opening an engine clutch of a hybrid vehicle are provided. The method and system enhance fuel efficiency by saving a fuel injection amount based on a fuel injection time of an engine, by adjusting an input torque of an engine clutch to be zero using an HSG torque connected to the engine while reducing the fuel injection time into the engine from the time when the opening of the engine clutch starts to adjust. | 03-03-2016 |
20160068151 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COASTING TORQUE OF HYBRID VEHICLE - A method for controlling coasting torque of a hybrid vehicle includes: determining a final coasting torque by adding, for each manual gear shifting step, an engine friction torque to: i) a first correction torque for conserving a state of charge (SOC) of a high-voltage battery of the hybrid vehicle, ii) a second correction torque according to a vehicular electronic component load, and iii) a coasting correction torque based on a road gradient, when the hybrid vehicle enters a coasting mode; and applying a coasting torque amount for coasting driving to the determined final coasting torque. | 03-10-2016 |
20160082948 | TRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD DURING REGENERATIVE BRAKING OF HYBRID VEHICLE - A transmission control method during regenerative braking of a hybrid vehicle is directed to providing a transmission control method during regenerative braking of a hybrid vehicle that is capable of accurately estimating the regenerative braking execution amount, by constantly controlling the transmission output torque, that is, the regenerative braking execution amount, until the transmission input speed reaches the speed corresponding to the target transmission stage, through the operating element torque and motor torque intervention control for transmission, when transitioning to the target transmission stage from the current transmission stage of the multistage automatic transmission of the hybrid vehicle, and is capable of accurately estimating the regenerative braking execution amount and simultaneously securing the braking linearity during transmission. | 03-24-2016 |
20160107634 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TORQUE OF HYBRID VEHICLE - A system for controlling torque controls torque during traction control of a hybrid vehicle which uses a motor and an engine as power sources. The system for controlling torque may include: a traction control system (TCS) that detects wheel slip of a front wheel or a rear wheel when the hybrid vehicle is accelerated and requests an intervention torque; a battery sensor that measures state of charge (SOC) in real time; and a vehicle controller that determines a set value of a limit torque according to the SOC transmitted from the battery sensor when requesting the intervention torque and decreases a motor torque according to the set value of the limit torque when the SOC is lower than a predetermined threshold, and then increases an engine torque by as much as the motor torque is decreased. | 04-21-2016 |
20160109021 | SHIFT CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HYBRID VEHICLE - A shift control method and system for a hybrid vehicle are provided to increase the recovery rate of regenerative energy, improve the fuel efficiency, and minimize the loss of the fuel efficiency upon reaccelerating after braking. The method include: acquiring in real-time information regarding a transmission input speed during driving and sensing a brake pedal operation. In addition, whether a road driving situation or a driver tendency corresponds to a skip shift allowable condition is detected when the brake pedal operation is sensed. A target shift stage to which a skip shift of two or more stages is performed is selected from a current shift stage based on the transmission input speed in real-time, when the road driving situation or the driver tendency corresponds to the skip shift allowable condition. Then a transmission is operated to shift to the selected target shift stage. | 04-21-2016 |
20160121727 | BRAKING CONTROL METHOD FOR ECO-FRIENDLY VEHICLE - A braking control method of an eco-friendly vehicle includes calculating, if a braking manipulation performed by a driver is sensed, a motor torque command according to a regenerative braking permissible amount. If it is determined that a motor has been normally driven, a regenerative braking execution amount is calculated from the motor torque command. Motor control for regenerative braking is performed according to the motor torque command. A friction braking amount satisfying the total braking amount is calculated from the regenerative braking execution amount according to the braking manipulation performed by the driver, thereby controlling friction braking to generate braking power corresponding to the friction braking amount. | 05-05-2016 |
20160121891 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLNG ACCELERATION TORQUE OF VEHICLE - A system for controlling acceleration torque of a vehicle includes: a driving information detection unit that detects driving information of the vehicle; a forward-vehicle detector that detects the information about another vehicle located substantially ahead of the vehicle; and a control unit that calculates a basic acceleration torque and a basic slew rate of the vehicle when the vehicle is accelerating based on the detected driving information, calculates a desired acceleration torque and a final slew rate by correcting the basic acceleration torque and the basic slew rate based on the detected information about the other vehicle, and outputs a torque-related order to adjust a torque output from a power system of the vehicle to the desired acceleration torque in accordance with the final slew rate. | 05-05-2016 |
20160121898 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING COASTING OPERATION OF HYBRID VEHICLE AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - A method of controlling coasting operation of a hybrid vehicle during a coasting operation and an apparatus for performing the same are provided. The coasting operation is controlled by calculating a remaining distance from a current location of a vehicle and a location at a target vehicle speed and an approach distance until reaching the target vehicle speed demanded at a current vehicle speed. Additionally, an inertia torque is adjusted to correspond to vehicle variation based on roads, slopes of the roads, and exterior disturbances. Thus, since inertia torque is adjusted during the coasting operation based on the target vehicle speed, unnecessary energy loss is reduced and fuel ratio is enhanced during traveling on roads. | 05-05-2016 |
20160121901 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING REGENERATIVE BRAKING - A system and method for controlling a regenerative braking are provided. The system includes a driving information detector that is configured to detect whether a brake pedal is operated and detect shift information. In addition, a hybrid control unit is configured to fix the regenerative braking during actual shifting based on the shift information and is configured to use a required braking force when the actual shifting is not performed to calculate the regenerative braking. | 05-05-2016 |
20160129791 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING AMOUNT OF REGENERATIVE BRAKING - A method for determining an amount of regenerative braking includes: determining a possible amount of regenerative braking at a time of braking a vehicle; distributing a first amount of regenerative braking up to the possible amount of regenerative braking as the amount of regenerative braking; distributing a second amount of regenerative braking remaining from the possible amount of regenerative braking as an amount of hydraulic braking; and performing, first, regenerative braking by issuing a motor torque instruction according to the possible amount of regenerative braking and, second, friction braking using the amount of hydraulic braking. | 05-12-2016 |
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20140111017 | WIRELESS ENERGY TRANSMISSION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM - Provided are a method and apparatus for wirelessly transmitting energy. A wireless energy transmitter may perform sampling to obtain first samples from an alternating current (AC) signal that is induced at an energy transmission (TX) end, and may correct symbol synchronization based on a difference between a sum of absolute values of the first samples and a sum of absolute values of second samples sampled during a symbol interval in which synchronization matching is performed between a switch of the energy TX end and a switch of the energy RX end. | 04-24-2014 |
20140117771 | WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A wireless power transmission apparatus includes a resonator configured to transmit power to another resonator, and a power supply unit configured to supply power to the resonator. The apparatus further includes a switching unit including a transistor configured to be turned on to connect the power supply unit to the resonator, and to be turned off to disconnect the power supply unit from the resonator, based on a control signal, and a diode connected in series to the transistor. | 05-01-2014 |
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20140285134 | METHOD AND WEARABLE DEVICE FOR ENERGY SHARING NETWORK - A device and a method for an energy sharing network may include an energy store configured to store energy; an energy transmitter-receiver configured to transmit energy and energy related information to at least one neighbor device and to receive energy and energy related information from at least one neighbor device; and a controller configured to control the energy transmitter-receiver based on a predetermined condition. | 09-25-2014 |
20140289872 | DATA SHARING CONTROL METHOD AND DATA SHARING CONTROL TERMINAL - Provided is a method and apparatus to detect and control flow of data shared in a terminal. A method to control data sharing may include accessing a program that shares a type of data with a terminal, displaying the accessed program on a screen organized by the type of data; and controlling the data to be shared with the accessed program in response to a control signal input on the screen. | 09-25-2014 |
20140361736 | WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION APPARATUS FOR HIGH EFFICIENCY ENERGY CHARGING - A wireless power transmission apparatus for high efficiency energy charging, includes a resonator configured to transmit power, and a power supply unit configured to supply power to the resonator. The apparatus further includes a first switching unit configured to connect the resonator to the power supply unit, and disconnect the resonator from the power supply unit, and a controller configured to control the first switching unit based on an amount of current flowing into the resonator. | 12-11-2014 |
20140368424 | PRESENTATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE DEVICE - A presentation device and an method of operating the presentation device may quickly move to a desired area on a map by adjusting a level of an electromyographic (EMG) signal even though a range of a motion of an arm is limited when searching the map using a wearable mobile device. The presentation device includes a first sensor unit configured to contact a measurement target and to obtain an electromyographic (EMG) signal from the measurement target; and a display controller configured to control a field of view (FOV) window for displaying a map area based on the EMG signal. | 12-18-2014 |
20140368474 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND SYSTEM TO RECOGNIZE MOTION USING GRIPPED OBJECT - A device, a method, and a system recognize a motion using a gripped object. The motion recognition device may estimate a state of a wrist of a user according to a writing action using the gripped object and may estimate a joint motion of a body part related to the wrist according to the writing action. The device may then estimate a state of the gripped object according to the state of the wrist and the joint motion. Additionally, the motion recognition device may control an external device by using a control signal generated by continuously tracking the state of the object. | 12-18-2014 |
20150035379 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS ENERGY RECEPTION USING HYBRID SYNCHRONIZATION - A wireless energy reception apparatus includes a target resonator configured to receive energy on a frame-by-frame basis from an energy transmission end through a resonance with a source resonator in a symbol duration constituting a criterion for transmitting energy from the energy transmission end to an energy reception end; a load end configured to receive power from the target resonator; a switching unit configured to connect the target resonator to the load end, and disconnect the target resonator from the load end; and a controller configured to control symbol synchronization by detecting a start point of a symbol based on a distance between the source resonator and the target resonator. | 02-05-2015 |
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20150074797 | WEARABLE DEVICE PERFORMING USER AUTHENTICATION USING BIO-SIGNALS AND AUTHENTICATION METHOD OF THE SAME - A wearable device includes a first sensor configured to detect a first biosignal generated in response to a gesture performed by a user, and a second sensor configured to detect a second biosignal of the user. The device further includes a memory configured to store, with respect to at least one user, information of the first biosignal and the second biosignal, and a processor configured to initiate user authentication based on a result of determining whether the detected first biosignal corresponds to the stored information, and authenticate the user by comparing the detected second biosignal to the stored information. | 03-12-2015 |
20150145673 | WEARABLE MOBILE DEVICE AND METHOD OF MEASURING BIOLOGICAL SIGNAL WITH THE SAME - A wearable mobile device and a method of detecting a biosignal with a wearable mobile device are provided. A method of detecting a biosignal with a wearable mobile device involves determining whether a wearable mobile device is closely attached to a user; and providing a biosignal-based service in response to the wearable mobile device being determined to be closely attached to the user. | 05-28-2015 |
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20120241811 | Organic Light Emitting Diode Display and Manufacturing Method of Organic Light Emitting Diode Display - An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display includes: a substrate; an organic light emitting diode on the substrate; and a thin film encapsulation layer including a first inorganic layer having a first density on the substrate and a second inorganic layer having a second density on the first inorganic layer, the second density being different from the first density, and the organic light emitting diode being encapsulated between the thin film encapsulation layer and the substrate. | 09-27-2012 |
20120242221 | METHOD OF FABRICATING ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DISPLAY AND ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DISPLAY FABRICATED BY THE METHOD - A method of fabricating an organic light-emitting display includes forming an organic light-emitting device (OLED) on a substrate, forming a first encapsulation layer, which has a first thin-film density and contains a first inorganic material, on the substrate, and forming a second encapsulation layer, which has a second thin-film density higher than the first thin-film density and contains a second inorganic material, on the first encapsulation layer. | 09-27-2012 |
20120305981 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY - A method of manufacturing an OLED display includes: forming an organic light emitting element on a first substrate; forming, on the organic light emitting element, a thin film encapsulation layer that seals the organic light emitting element with the first substrate; providing a second substrate; forming a flexible protection layer on the second substrate; attaching the first substrate and the second substrate to each other; and separating the second substrate from the flexible protection layer. | 12-06-2012 |
20120312232 | INLINE DEPOSITION APPARATUS - An inline deposition apparatus includes a chamber; a loading unit inside the chamber and loaded with an object to be processed to be moved in a first direction; a plurality of first deposition modules in the chamber for depositing a first layer to the object to be processed; and a plurality of second deposition modules in the chamber for depositing a second layer to the object to be processed, wherein at least one of the plurality of second deposition modules is positioned between neighboring first deposition modules, and wherein the first layer is different from the second layer. | 12-13-2012 |
20130017318 | Vapor Deposition Apparatus and Method, and Method of Manufacturing Organic Light Emitting Display ApparatusAANM Seo; Sang-JoonAACI Yongin-cityAACO KRAAGP Seo; Sang-Joon Yongin-city KRAANM Song; Seung-YongAACI Yongin-cityAACO KRAAGP Song; Seung-Yong Yongin-city KRAANM Kim; Seung-HunAACI Yongin-cityAACO KRAAGP Kim; Seung-Hun Yongin-city KRAANM Kim; Jin-KwangAACI Yongin-cityAACO KRAAGP Kim; Jin-Kwang Yongin-city KR - A vapor deposition apparatus, which is capable of performing a thin film deposition process and improving characteristics of a formed thin film, includes: a chamber having an exhaust opening; a stage disposed in the chamber, and comprising a mounting surface on which the substrate may be mounted; an injection unit having at least one injection opening for injecting a gas into the chamber in a direction parallel with a surface of the substrate, on which the thin film is to be formed; a guide member facing the substrate to provide a set or predetermined space between the substrate and the guide member; and a driving unit conveying the stage and the guide member. | 01-17-2013 |
20130017343 | VAPOR DEPOSITION APPARATUS, VAPOR DEPOSITION METHOD, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DISPLAY APPARATUSAANM Seo; Sang-JoonAACI Yongin-cityAACO KRAAGP Seo; Sang-Joon Yongin-city KRAANM Huh; Myung-SooAACI Yongin-cityAACO KRAAGP Huh; Myung-Soo Yongin-city KRAANM Kim; Seung-HunAACI Yongin-cityAACO KRAAGP Kim; Seung-Hun Yongin-city KRAANM Kim; Jin-KwangAACI Yongin-cityAACO KRAAGP Kim; Jin-Kwang Yongin-city KRAANM Song; Seung-YongAACI Yongin-cityAACO KRAAGP Song; Seung-Yong Yongin-city KR - A vapor deposition apparatus and method for efficiently performing a deposition process to form a thin film with improved characteristics on a substrate, and a method of manufacturing an organic light-emitting display apparatus. The vapor deposition apparatus includes a chamber including an exhaust port; a stage disposed in the chamber, and including a mounting surface on which the substrate is to be disposed; an injection portion including at least one injection opening through which a gas is injected in a direction parallel with a surface of the substrate on which the thin film is to be formed; and a plasma generator disposed apart from the substrate to face the substrate. | 01-17-2013 |
20130017633 | VAPOR DEPOSITION APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY APPARATUSAANM Seo; Sang-JoonAACI Yongin-cityAACO KRAAGP Seo; Sang-Joon Yongin-city KRAANM Kim; Seung-HunAACI Yongin-cityAACO KRAAGP Kim; Seung-Hun Yongin-city KRAANM Kim; Jin-KwangAACI Yongin-cityAACO KRAAGP Kim; Jin-Kwang Yongin-city KRAANM Song; Seung-YongAACI Yongin-cityAACO KRAAGP Song; Seung-Yong Yongin-city KR - A vapor deposition apparatus, which is capable of performing a thin film deposition process and improving characteristics of a formed thin film, includes a chamber having an exhaust opening; a stage located in the chamber, and including a plurality of mounting surfaces on which the plurality of substrates may be mounted; and an injection unit having at least one injection opening for injecting a gas into the chamber in a direction parallel with surfaces of the plurality of substrates. | 01-17-2013 |
20130092972 | Organic Light Emitting Diode Display and Method for Manufacturing the Same - An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display includes: a substrate; an organic light emitting diode formed on the substrate; a first inorganic layer formed on the substrate and covering the organic light emitting diode; an intermediate layer formed on the first inorganic layer and covering an area relatively smaller than the first inorganic layer; and a second inorganic layer formed on the first inorganic layer and the intermediate layer, and contacting the first inorganic layer at an edge thereof while covering a relatively larger area than the intermediate layer. A third inorganic layer may be formed on the second inorganic layer so as to contact the second inorganic layer at an edge thereof. At least one of the first, second and third inorganic layers is formed by an atomic layer deposition (ALD) method. | 04-18-2013 |
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