Vehicle and method of controlling the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11634070-B2
Application number	US-202017037956-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 30, 2020
Priority date	Mar 9, 2020
Publication date	Apr 25, 2023
Grant date	Apr 25, 2023

Abstract

A vehicle is provided to analyze a signal received by a communicator and identify a first electronic device that transmits the received signal and a second electronic device that will transmit the received signal. The vehicle identifies a lighting algorithm that corresponds to an analysis result of the received signal and sequentially turns on a plurality of lighting devices based on the identified lighting algorithm.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle, comprising:
a plurality of lighting devices;
a storage configured to store identification information and position information of the plurality of lighting devices, wherein the position information of the plurality of lighting devices includes distance information between the plurality of lighting devices and direction information between the plurality of lighting devices;
an external device;
a plurality of internal electronic devices;
a communicator configured to communicate with the external electronic device and the plurality of internal electronic devices; and
a controller configured to receive and transmit information to and from the communicator and:
analyze a signal received by the communicator and identify information about a first electronic device that has transmitted the received signal,
sequentially control the lighting of the plurality of lighting devices in a first direction based on the position information of the plurality of lighting devices stored in the storage when the first electronic device is the external electronic device, and
sequentially control the lighting of the plurality of lighting devices in a second direction based on the position information of the plurality of lighting devices stored in the storage when the first electronic device is one of the plurality of internal electronic devices and the first electronic device transmits the signal to the external electronic device,
wherein the first direction and the second direction are different from each other.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising a second electronic device, wherein the controller is configured to analyze the signal received by the communicator, to identify the second electronic device to transmit the signal among the plurality of internal electronic devices, and to operate the communicator to transmit the received signal to the identified second electronic device, wherein the second electronic device is a device different from the first electronic device.

3. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to control sequential lighting of the plurality of lighting devices based on the positions of two or more second electronic devices when there are the two or more second electronic devices that will transmit the received signal.

4. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of lighting devices include a display apparatus.

5. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the external electronic device includes at least one of a server, an infrastructure, another vehicle, and a user terminal.

6. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to adjust at least one of a lighting color, a lighting speed, a lighting brightness, and a lighting shape of the plurality of lighting devices based on an analysis result of the received signal.

7. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to adjust a lighting speed of the plurality of lighting devices based on a signal processing speed of the received signal.

8. A vehicle, comprising:
a body;
a plurality of lighting devices provided inside the body;
a storage configured to store identification information and position information of the plurality of lighting devices, wherein the position information of the plurality of lighting devices includes distance information between the plurality of lighting devices and direction information between the plurality of lighting devices,
a plurality of electronic devices provided inside the body;
an external device;
a communicator configured to communicate with the external electronic device and the plurality of internal electronic devices within the body; and
a controller configured to receive and transmit information to and from the communicator and configured to sequentially control lighting of the plurality of lighting devices in response to whether a signal is transmitted during communication with the external device,
wherein the controller configured to sequentially control the lighting of the plurality of lighting devices in a first direction based on the position information of the plurality of lighting devices stored in the storage when a signal is received from the external electronic device, and
sequentially control the lighting of the plurality of lighting devices in a second direction based on the position information of the plurality of lighting devices stored in the storage when one of the plurality of internal electronic devices transmits the signal to the external electronic device,

wherein the first direction and the second direction are different from each other.

9. The vehicle according to claim 8 , wherein the controller is configured to:
control the lighting of the plurality of lighting devices to adjust a lighting shape formed by the plurality of lighting devices to be a first shape when the signal received by the communicator is a signal corresponding to start-up, and
control the lighting of the plurality of lighting devices to adjust the lighting shape formed by the plurality of lighting devices to be a second shape when the signal received by the communicator is a signal corresponding to the content.

10. The vehicle according to claim 8 , wherein, when transmitting the signal from the external device to the at least one of the plurality of electronic devices, the controller is configured to control lighting of a reference lighting device among the plurality of electronic devices, and sequentially control lighting from a lighting device adjacent to the reference lighting device.

11. The vehicle according to claim 8 , wherein, when transmitting the signal from any one of the plurality of electronic devices to the external device, the controller is configured to control lighting of the lighting device at a position farthest from a reference lighting device among the plurality of electronic devices first, and control lighting of the reference lighting device last.

12. The vehicle according to claim 8 , wherein the external device includes at least one of a server, an infrastructure, another vehicle, and a user terminal.

13. The vehicle according to claim 8 , further comprising:
a crash pad provided on an interior of the body of the vehicle and provided with a first lighting device among the plurality of lighting devices;
a cluster provided with a second lighting device among the plurality of lighting devices;
a steering wheel provided with a third lighting device among the plurality of lighting devices; and
a backrest of a driver's seat provided with a fourth lighting device among the plurality of lighting devices.

14. The vehicle according to claim 8 , further comprising:
a crash pad provided on an interior of the body and spaced apart a plurality of lamps,
wherein the controller is configured to operate the plurality of lamps to be sequentially lit in a first direction in response to determining that the signal is transmitted from the external device to the at least one electronic device, and operate the plurality of lamps to be sequentially turned on in a second direction in response to determining that the signal is transmitted from the electronic device to the external device.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Kang Jooyean
• Lee Min Young
• Jung Taehee

Classifications

• B60K35/80

  Arrangements for controlling instruments · CPC title

• B60K35/70

  Instrument provisions for avoiding injuries to vehicle occupants in case of accidents · CPC title

• B60K35/85

  Arrangements for transferring vehicle- or driver-related data · CPC title

• B60K35/22

  Display screens · CPC title

• B60K35/10

  Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor · CPC title