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US 11,383,702 B2Granted
Vehicle and control method thereof
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorsJungmin Cha, Jincheol Shin, Jaeseok You
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Abstract
A vehicle is provided to improve driving and pedestrian safety. The vehicle includes a position receiver that receives a position of the vehicle and a communicator that receives map information including Green Zone position information. A controller operates the vehicle to travel in a Green Zone mode from a section start point of a Green Zone to a section end point of the Green Zone when it is predicted that the vehicle enters the Green Zone from the position of the vehicle received from the position receiver.
Claims18
A vehicle, comprising:
- a position receiver configured to receive a position of the vehicle;
- a communicator configured to receive map information including Green Zone position information;
- and
- a controller configured to operate the vehicle to travel in a Green Zone mode from a section start point of a Green Zone to a section end point of the Green Zone when it is predicted that the vehicle enters the Green Zone from the position of the vehicle received from the position receiver,
- wherein the vehicle further comprises a virtual engine sound system,
- wherein the controller further configured to control the virtual engine sound system to operate based on the vehicle entering the Green Zone, and
- wherein the controller is configured to vary a volume of the virtual engine sound system to a first threshold value when the Green Zone is in an indoor area, and vary the volume of the virtual engine sound system to a second threshold value greater than the first threshold value when the Green Zone is in an outdoor area.
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A vehicle control method, comprising:
- receiving, by a controller, a position of a vehicle;
- receiving, by the controller, map information including Green Zone position information;
- operating, by the controller, the vehicle to travel in a Green Zone mode from a section start point of a Green Zone to a section end point of the Green Zone when it is predicted that the vehicle enters the Green Zone from the received position of the vehicle;
- and
- operating, by the controller, a virtual engine sound system based on the vehicle entering the Green Zone,
- varying, by the controller, a volume of the virtual engine sound system to a first threshold value when the Green Zone is in an indoor area, and varying, by the controller, the volume of the virtual engine sound system to a second threshold value greater than the first threshold value when the Green Zone is in an outdoor area.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.