Vehicle and control method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9656605-B1
Application number	US-201615132999-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Apr 19, 2016
Priority date	Nov 26, 2015
Publication date	May 23, 2017
Grant date	May 23, 2017

Abstract

A vehicle includes a power detector for detecting a power state of the vehicle, a transmission detector for detecting a transmission mode of the vehicle, a door detector for detecting a door state of the vehicle, and a processor for generating an inadvertent ignition warning by comparing the power state, the transmission mode and the door state with an inadvertent ignition reference, for generating an inadvertent ignition level according to the accumulation of the generated inadvertent ignition warning, and for providing an inadvertent ignition warning message corresponding to the generated inadvertent ignition level.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle comprising:
a power detector for detecting a power state of the vehicle;
a transmission detector for detecting a transmission mode of the vehicle;
a door detector for detecting a door state of the vehicle; and
a processor for generating an inadvertent ignition warning by comparing the power state, the transmission mode and the door state with an inadvertent ignition reference, for generating an inadvertent ignition level according to the accumulation of the generated inadvertent ignition warning, and for providing an inadvertent ignition warning message corresponding to the generated inadvertent ignition level,
wherein the processor generates the inadvertent ignition level by applying a weight value corresponding to a cumulative number of the inadvertent ignition warnings or applying a weight value corresponding to the type of the inadvertent ignition warning.

2. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the processor decreases an inadvertent ignition level by applying a negative (−) weight value when an inadvertent ignition warning is not generated until an ignition power state is switched to OFF after an ignition power state detected by the power detector is switched to ON.

3. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the processor outputs the inadvertent ignition warning message including an inadvertent ignition pattern when the inadvertent ignition level exceeds a reference level.

4. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the processor outputs the inadvertent ignition warning guiding the transmission mode to be switched to a parking state when the power state is an accessory power state, the transmission mode is a non-parking state and the door state is an open state.

5. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the processor outputs the inadvertent ignition warning guiding the power state to be switched to an ignition power OFF state when the power state is an ignition power state or an ignition power ON state, the transmission mode is a parking state and the door state is an open state.

6. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the processor outputs the inadvertent ignition warning guiding the transmission mode to be switched to a parking state when the power state is an ignition power state or an ignition power ON state, the transmission mode is a non-parking state and the door state is an open state.

7. The vehicle of claim 1 , further comprising a display configured to display the inadvertent ignition warning message having an inadvertent ignition level display step and a color differentiated according to the inadvertent ignition level, according to the control of the processor.

8. The vehicle of claim 1 , further comprising an output unit configured to output the inadvertent ignition warning message having a voice level differentiated according to the inadvertent ignition level, in the form of voice, according to the control of the processor.

9. A control method of a vehicle comprising:
detecting a power state of the vehicle, a transmission mode and a door state;
generating an inadvertent ignition warning by comparing the power state of the vehicle, the transmission mode and the door state with an inadvertent ignition reference;
generating an inadvertent ignition level according to an accumulation of the generated inadvertent ignition warning; and
outputting an inadvertent ignition warning message corresponding to the generated inadvertent ignition level.

10. The control method of claim 9 , wherein the generation of the inadvertent ignition level generates the inadvertent ignition level by applying a weight value corresponding to a cumulative number of the inadvertent ignition warnings.

11. The control method of claim 9 , wherein the generation of the inadvertent ignition level generates the inadvertent ignition level by applying a weight value corresponding to the type of the inadvertent ignition warning.

12. The control method of claim 9 , wherein the generation of the inadvertent ignition level decreases the inadvertent ignition level by applying a negative (−) weight value when the inadvertent ignition warning is not generated until the power state is switched to an ignition power OFF state after the power state is switched to an ignition power ON state.

13. The control method of claim 9 , further comprising comparing the generated inadvertent ignition level with a reference level between generating the inadvertent ignition level and outputting the inadvertent ignition warning message, wherein the output of the inadvertent ignition warning message outputs the inadvertent ignition warning message including an inadvertent ignition pattern when the inadvertent ignition level exceeds the reference level according to the result of the comparison.

14. The control method of claim 9 , wherein the generation of the inadvertent ignition warning by comparing the power state of the vehicle, the transmission mode and the door state with an inadvertent ignition reference outputs the inadvertent ignition warning guiding the transmission mode to be switched to a parking state when the power state is an accessory power state, the transmission mode is a non-parking state and the door state is an open state.

15. The control method of claim 9 , wherein the generation of the inadvertent ignition warning by comparing the power state of the vehicle, the transmission mode and the door state with an inadvertent ignition reference outputs the inadvertent ignition warning guiding the power state to be switched to an ignition power OFF state when the power state is an ignition power state or an ignition power ON state, the transmission mode is a parking state and the door state is an open state.

16. The control method of claim 9 , wherein the generation of the inadvertent ignition warning by comparing the power state of the vehicle, the transmission mode and the door state with an inadvertent ignition reference outputs the inadvertent ignition warning guiding the transmission mode to be switched to a parking state when the power state is an ignition power state or an ignition power ON state, the transmission mode is a non-parking state and the door state is an open state.

17. The control method of claim 9 , wherein the output of the inadvertent ignition warning message displays the inadvertent ignition warning message having an inadvertent ignition level display step and a color differentiated according to the inadvertent ignition level.

18. The control method of claim 9 , wherein the output of the inadvertent ignition warning message outputs the inadvertent ignition warning message having a voice level differentiated according to the inadvertent ignition level, in the form of voice.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Lee Kang Ho
• Baek Hyerim
• Lim Heon Jae
• Lee Jungjun

Classifications

• B60K37/00

  Dashboards (as road-vehicle superstructure sub-units B62D25/14) · CPC title

• B60K35/265

  Voice · CPC title

• F16H61/0204

  for gearshift control, e.g. control functions for performing shifting or generation of shift signal · CPC title

• B60Q9/00 Primary

  Arrangement or adaptation of signal devices not provided for in one of main groups B60Q1/00 - B60Q7/00 {, e.g. haptic signalling} · CPC title

• E05B81/70

  the wing position · CPC title