US 2022/0089174 A1 · APPARATUS AND METHOD OF VIRTUALIZING CHARACTERISTICS OF INTERNAL-COMBUSTION-ENGINE VEHICLE IN ELECTRIC VEHICLE

Abstract

A method of virtualizing the characteristics of an internal-combustion-engine vehicle in an electric vehicle includes: receiving vehicle driving information of the electric vehicle at a controller, determining a current vehicle driving mode based on the input vehicle driving information by the controller, determining a virtual engine speed in the determined vehicle driving mode using the vehicle driving information by the controller, outputting a control signal for virtualizing characteristics of an internal-combustion-engine (ICE) driving system corresponding to a current vehicle driving mode based on the determined virtual engine speed by the controller, and virtualizing the characteristics of the ICE driving system corresponding to the current vehicle driving mode by controlling an operation of a virtualization device according to the output control signal by the controller.

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A method of virtualization of characteristics of an internal-combustion-engine vehicle in an electric vehicle, the method comprising:

receiving, at a controller, vehicle driving information related to the electric vehicle;
determining, by the controller, a current vehicle driving mode based on the vehicle driving information;
determining, by the controller, a virtual engine speed for the vehicle driving mode;
outputting, by the controller, a control signal for virtualizing characteristics of an internal-combustion-engine (ICE) driving system corresponding to the current vehicle driving mode;
and
virtualizing, by the controller, the characteristics of the ICE driving system corresponding to the current vehicle driving mode by controlling an operation of a virtualization device according to the control signal output from the controller.

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An apparatus for virtualizing characteristics of an internal-combustion-engine vehicle in an electric vehicle, the apparatus comprising:

a driving information detector configured to detect vehicle driving information in the electric vehicle;
a controller configured to:
receive the vehicle driving information detected by the driving information detector,
determine a current vehicle driving mode based on the vehicle driving information,
determine a virtual engine speed in the determined vehicle driving mode, and
output a control signal for virtualizing characteristics of an internal-combustion-engine (ICE) driving system corresponding to the current vehicle driving mode based on the determined virtual engine speed;
and
a virtualization device configured to virtualize the characteristics of the ICE driving system corresponding to the current vehicle driving mode by controlling an operation of the virtualization device according to the control signal output by the controller.

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Apparatus and method of virtualizing characteristics of internal-combustion-engine vehicle in electric vehicle

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Apparatus and method of virtualizing characteristics of internal-combustion-engine vehicle in electric vehicle

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