Driving operation apparatus for vehicle and operating method thereof
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Ls Automotive Technologies Co., Ltd.
InventorsEun Sik KIM, Hun JUNG, Ki Nyeong KO, Jung Jae LEE
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Abstract
Disclosed are a driving operation apparatus for a vehicle and an operating method thereof, which provide a modular configuration in which a driving operation system for steering, acceleration, and braking is integrated with a display portion into a single system, and which allows the driving operation system to be hidden in an autonomous driving mode, preventing operation by a driver, and to be popped up in a manual driving mode, enabling operation by the driver. This contributes to weight reduction and cost savings by reducing the number of components, enabling greater efficiency in utilizing the internal space.
Claims20
A driving operation apparatus for a vehicle, the driving operation apparatus comprising:
- a rotation housing, wherein a center shaft fixed to a vehicle mounting portion passes through the rotation housing and the rotation housing is configured to rotate about the center shaft during steering operation;
- a fixed housing coupled to and fixed with the center shaft;
- a display portion coupled to the fixed housing;
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- a pair of driving operation systems rotatably disposed relative to the rotation housing and configured to be inserted and concealed within the fixed housing through a hide operation in an autonomous driving mode, and protrude toward a driver from right and left sides of the display portion through a pop-up operation in a manual driving mode, which enables steering, acceleration, and braking operations by the driver in a popped-up state.
An operating method of a driving operation apparatus for a vehicle, the operating method comprising:
- a first pop-up stage, wherein in response to a signal generated for transition from an autonomous driving mode to a manual driving mode, an operation of a first motor causes a display portion to rotate in a first direction relative to a fixed housing and open an operation system insertion portion of the fixed housing;
- a second pop-up stage, wherein following a completion of the first pop-up stage, a second motor operates, and in response to an operation of the second motor, right and left driving operation systems positioned within the operation system insertion portion rotate outward to full extent of rotation, which causes the driving operation systems to pop up, and the pop-up ends with a distance between the right and left driving operation systems becoming wider than a right-left width of the display portion;
- a third pop-up stage, wherein following a completion of the second pop-up stage, the first motor operates, and in response to the operation of the first motor, the display portion, rotated in the first direction, rotates in a second direction relative to the fixed housing and closes the operation system insertion portion of the fixed housing;
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- a fourth pop-up stage, wherein following a completion of the third pop-up stage, the second motor operates, and in response to the operation of the second motor, the right and left driving operation systems, popped up by rotating to the full extent of rotation, rotate in an opposite direction to narrow the distance between the driving operation systems, and a position adjustment to a position for the manual driving mode is completed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.