Apparatus and method for controlling vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsHee Jae Eo, Kyowoong Choo, Yeon Ji Kim, Jong Ha Moon
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Abstract
An apparatus and a method for controlling a vehicle may include at least two buttons provided on a steering wheel, a processor electrically connected to the at least two buttons, and storage that stores instructions executed by the processor, wherein the processor may map and set a vehicle function to the at least two buttons, detect a button manipulated among the at least two buttons, and perform a vehicle function mapped to the manipulated button based on the vehicle function mapped to the operated button and a current vehicle state.
Claims18
An apparatus of controlling a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
- at least two buttons provided on a steering wheel of the vehicle;
- a processor electrically connected to the at least two buttons;
- and
- a storage electrically connected to the processor and configured to store instructions executed by the processor,
- wherein the processor is configured to:
- map and set a vehicle function to the at least two buttons,
- detect a button operated among the at least two buttons, and
- perform a vehicle function mapped to the operated button based on the vehicle function mapped to the operated button and a current vehicle state, and
- wherein the processor is configured to set a lap timer start function to a button of the at least two buttons, and to automatically set a lap timer stop and initialization function to a remaining button of the at least two buttons.
A method of controlling a vehicle, the method comprising:
- mapping and setting, by a processor, a vehicle function to at least two buttons provided on a steering wheel of the vehicle;
- detecting, by the processor, a button operated among the at least two buttons;
- identifying, by the processor, a vehicle function mapped to the operated button;
- and
- performing, by the processor, the vehicle function mapped to the operated button based on the identified vehicle function and a current vehicle state,
- wherein the setting of the vehicle functions includes:
- setting a lap timer start function to a button of the at least two buttons, and automatically setting a lap timer stop and initialization function to a remaining button of the at least two buttons.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.