Apparatus for controlling curtain of vehicle
AssigneeHyundai Motor Company
InventorSung Ho Choi
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Abstract
An apparatus for controlling a curtain of a vehicle includes a back seat monitor configured to provide an image of an occupant and a vehicle-mounted curtain configured to block out external light. An illumination sensor is configured to detect illumination of the external light. An occupant detecting sensor is configured to detect a boarding status of the occupant. A curtain actuator is configured to automatically control an operation of the vehicle-mounted curtain according to the boarding status of the occupant and a reference illumination value in an automatic mode and according to an operational status of the back seat monitor and the reference illumination value during a manual mode.
Claims10
An apparatus for controlling a curtain of a vehicle, comprising:
- a back seat monitor configured to provide an image of an occupant;
- a vehicle-mounted curtain configured to block out external light;
- an illumination sensor configured to detect illumination of the external light;
- an occupant detecting sensor configured to detect a boarding status of the occupant;
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- a curtain actuator configured to automatically control an operation of the vehicle-mounted curtain according to the boarding status of the occupant and a reference illumination value in an automatic mode,
- wherein the curtain actuator further controls the operation of the vehicle-mounted curtain according to an operational status of the back seat monitor and the reference illumination value in a manual mode.
The apparatus of 1, wherein the curtain actuator actuates the illumination sensor when the back seat monitor is turned on and controls the operation of the vehicle-mounted curtain by comparing the illumination of the external light detected by the illumination sensor with the reference illumination value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.