Apparatus and method for controlling cluster of vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorMinwon BYUN
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Abstract
An apparatus for controlling a cluster of a vehicle may include, an oil pressure switch (OPS) mounted at an oil passage of an engine, a driving information detection unit configured of receiving an oil pressure signal from the OPS through a connector of the OPS, an OPS connection determination unit configured of determining that the OPS is disconnected when a first waveform voltage determined from a first oil pressure signal detected before the engine is started is the same as a second waveform voltage determined from a second oil pressure signal detected after the engine is started, and a control unit configured of controlling the cluster to turn on a warning lamp in a response that the control unit receives disconnection event information related to the OPS.
Claims15
An apparatus for controlling a cluster of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
- an oil pressure switch (OPS) mounted at an oil passage of an engine;
- a driving information detection unit configured of receiving an oil pressure signal from the OPS through a connector of the OPS;
- an OPS connection determination unit configured of determining that the OPS is disconnected when a first status information determined from a first oil pressure signal detected before the engine is started is a same as a second status information determined from a second oil pressure signal detected after the engine is started;
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- a control unit configured of controlling the cluster to turn on a warning lamp of the cluster in a response that the control unit receives disconnection event information related to the OPS.
A method of controlling a cluster of a vehicle having an engine and an oil pressure switch (OPS) connected to a connector, the method comprising:
- a) storing first status information related to a first oil pressure signal detected by the OPS before the engine is started;
- b) storing second status information related to a second oil pressure signal detected by the OPS after the engine is started;
- c) determining that the OPS is disconnected when the first status information related to the first oil pressure signal is a same as the second status information related to the second oil pressure signal;
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- d) turning on a warning lamp of the cluster corresponding to an event of the connector of the OPS being disengaged.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.