Abstract: An aspect of the disclosure is to provide a vehicle capable of safely performing autonomous driving without user intervention through operations of control modules and communication between the control modules even in an emergency situation of an autonomous vehicle. The vehicle includes a plurality of control modules and a central processor. The central processor is configured to: in case of an emergency situation, determine a plurality of paths for each situation based on a speed of the vehicle; determine a risk corresponding to each of the plurality of paths for each situation based on the speed of the vehicle and a mass of the vehicle; determine a safety path corresponding to the smallest risk among the risks corresponding to each of the plurality of paths for each situation; and control the plurality of control modules based on a command set corresponding to the safety path.

Abstract: An apparatus for estimating a communication response time between different controllers of a vehicle may include: a data transmitter of a first controller configured to measure an actual message response time required until a response message is received from a second controller after the first controller transmits a message to the second controller; an estimator of the first controller configured to receive a size of the message from the data transmitter of the first controller and reflect the received size to estimate the actual message response time according to a designated estimation logic; and a result data processor of the first controller configured to correct an estimation parameter used when the estimator estimates the message response time based on a difference between the actual message response time and the estimated message response time acquired through the estimator, and update the existing estimation parameter of the estimator.

Abstract: A device includes a data collection device for collecting real-time information of a plurality of charging stations, of at least one vehicle related to the plurality of charging stations, related to external environmental factors based on a specified period, a data storage device for updating and storing the real-time information of the plurality of charging stations, of the at least one vehicle, and related to the external environmental factors based on the specified period, a data processing device for generating processing information for selecting charging stations based on the real-time information of the plurality of charging stations, of the at least one vehicle, and related to the external environmental factors, and a data application device for generating a charging station list for recommending charging stations to an ego vehicle based on at least some of the processing information generated by the data processing device.

Abstract: In a method and a system for controlling a secure boot of a vehicle controller, when a first vehicle controller performs a normal boot as an error occurs in a parity bit of a firmware image, in the process of performing the secure boot by vehicle controllers related to autonomous driving, the first vehicle controller recovers firmware by internetworking with a second vehicle controller that is successful in the secure boot to perform the secure boot thereafter. The method includes performing, by a first vehicle controller, a normal boot, when the error occurs in the parity bit of the firmware image related to the secure boot, and recovering, by the first vehicle controller, the firmware image by internetworking with the second vehicle controller that is successful in the secure boot.

Abstract: Proposed is a method of managing an error of a control unit for a vehicle, the method including: collecting an error; converting the collected error into a database in a form required for a diagnosis and debugging; and performing a recovery mechanism by interworking a platform health management cluster (PHM), a statement management cluster (SM), and an execution management cluster (EM), in which the collecting of the error includes: collecting a user error occurring in an application for a vehicle; collecting a platform error occurring in at least one of the platform health management cluster (PHM), the statement management cluster (SM), and the execution management cluster (EM); or collecting an integrated error according to whether a network management cluster (NM), a time synchronization cluster (TS), and a persistency cluster (PER) are normally operated.

Abstract: A firmware update method includes requesting a hardware security module (HSM) to store version information of a current firmware stored in a flash memory and storing, by the HSM, the version information of the current firmware. The firmware update method also includes erasing the flash memory when the version information of the current firmware is stored by the HSM and writing new downloaded firmware to the flash memory; verifying an integrity of the new firmware. The firmware update method further includes requesting the HSM to sense downgrade of the new firmware when the integrity is verified. The firmware update method additionally includes determining, by the HSM, whether the firmware is downgraded by comparing the stored version information and the version information of the new firmware. The firmware update method also includes confirming a reprogramming success when it is determined that the firmware is not downgraded by the HSM.

Abstract: A method for providing vehicle information, which is carried out using a server, includes steps of: receiving vehicle attribute information including a vehicle type and GPS trajectory information from a vehicle, storing the vehicle attribute information and the GPS trajectory information for each vehicle type based on the vehicle attribute information, generating specialized traffic information associated with a specialized vehicle type needing the specialized traffic information and generating normal traffic information associated with a normal vehicle type, and providing the specialized vehicle type with directions information based on the specialized traffic information, when a current situation is a special situation, and otherwise providing the normal vehicle type with directions information based on the normal traffic information.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for generating a test case (TC) for dynamic verification of an autonomous driving system are provided. The method includes receiving an input signal and generating a temporary TC based on the input signal. A confirmed TC is determined based on a first output signal corresponding to the input signal and a second output signal corresponding to the temporary TC. A final TC is determined by re-arranging the confirmed TC and the final TC is transmitted to an external device.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of verifying the integrity of an app mounted on an autonomous driving-related vehicle controller. The method includes: providing each of autonomous driving-related vehicle controllers with a hash table in which hash values for logic of the autonomous driving-related vehicle controllers are recorded; transmitting, by a first vehicle controller, an old hash value and a new hash value to a second vehicle controller when a hash value for logic of the first vehicle controller is changed; and changing, by the second vehicle controller, the old hash value to the new hash value in a hash table provided in the second vehicle controller.

Abstract: A method of updating firmware by a flash bootloader includes: storing current version information included in a trailer block of firmware stored in a flash memory, the firmware including the trailer block and a header block; erasing a sector in which the header block is located while maintaining a sector in which the trailer block is located in the flash memory; writing a header block of a new firmware to be downloaded in the flash memory; determining, by comparing current version information of the new firmware in the written header block and the stored current version information, whether the firmware is to be downgraded; and, in response to determining that the firmware is not to be downgraded, erasing a sector in which the trailer block is located from the flash memory, and writing a trailer block of the new firmware in the flash memory.

Abstract: An apparatus of optimizing an alarm offset for an AUTomotive Open System Architecture (AUTOSAR) operating system, may include a start module configured to input an offset value of a predetermined offset table to an offset variable value for each alarm information related to an alarm setting test file; and an execution module configured to execute the alarm setting test file based on the input offset value and output an execution result for optimizing the alarm offset.

Abstract: Provided is a vehicle capable of performing safe and efficient autonomous driving by acquiring accurate information about surrounding objects based on behavior control of the vehicle. The vehicle includes: a camera configured to acquire a surrounding image of the vehicle which includes one or more objects; at least one sensor configured to acquire position data of the one or more objects; and a controller configured to identify identification areas respectively corresponding to the one or more objects based on the surrounding image and the position data, and if a part of the identification area overlaps an occlusion area, control the vehicle to separate the identification area and the occlusion area from each other, to perform autonomous driving.

Abstract: An autonomous driving control apparatus requests information associated with a plurality of parts of an autonomous vehicle from an external electronic device and calculates a fault rate for each of the plurality of parts using the information associated with the plurality of parts. The apparatus identifies that a first fault rate corresponding to a first part among the calculated fault rates is greater than or equal to a specified first value and calculates a first failure rate at which the first part causes a failure of the autonomous vehicle using the first fault rate. The apparatus stores the first fault rate and information associated with the first part in storage and stops performing a function associated with the first part or stops performing the entire autonomous driving function of the autonomous vehicle after a fault or a failure of the autonomous vehicle occurs.

Abstract: A method for managing space of a physical office and a virtual office includes acquiring work activity data of one or more employees, determining an optimal office layout using the work activity data, evaluating a difference between the optimal office layout and a current office layout, and generating an office reorganization suggestion based on the evaluated difference.

Abstract: An information display apparatus may include a processor configured to display a display object in augmented reality; and a storage configured to store data and algorithms driven by the processor, wherein the processor determines a position of the display object by use of at least one of a total number of lanes or a number of lanes in a road in a driving direction of a host vehicle, possible traveling direction information for each lane, and driving direction information related to the host vehicle, and the information display apparatus is disposed within a vehicle or outside the vehicle, and when disposed outside the vehicle, is configured to transmit display information related to the display object to the vehicle or a mobile device.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling an Ethernet switch for a vehicle may include: a switch state detection unit configured to acquire a clock of an Ethernet switch; and a processor configured to determine whether the clock of the Ethernet switch detected by the switch state detection unit has been changed. In particular, the processor is configured to set an Ethernet interface according to the changed clock of the Ethernet switch when the clock of the Ethernet switch has been changed.

Abstract: An Ethernet controller for a vehicle includes a Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) module configured to continuously transmit a series of data packets having a collective size as large as a set window size or less regardless of receiving acknowledgement (ACK) from a receiver, where the window size is initially set to a window size value acquired from the receiver. The Ethernet controller also includes a window size resetting unit configured to reset the window size to a reduced value when a duplicate acknowledgement (DUP ACK) is received from the receiver.

Abstract: A syntactic analysis apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include an input device receiving a phrase uttered from a user, and a learning device performing at least one or more of extension of an intent output layer for classifying an utterance intent of the user from the uttered phrase and extension of a slot output layer for classifying a slot including information of the phrase and extending a pre-generated utterance syntactic analysis model, such that the uttered phrase is classified into the extended intent output layer and the extended slot output layer, thereby broadly classifying an intent and a slot for the phrase uttered from a user.

Abstract: An information display apparatus may include a processor configured to display a display object in augmented reality; and a storage configured to store data and algorithms driven by the processor, wherein the processor determines a position of the display object by use of at least one of a total number of lanes or a number of lanes in a road in a driving direction of a host vehicle, possible traveling direction information for each lane, and driving direction information related to the host vehicle, and the information display apparatus is disposed within a vehicle or outside the vehicle, and when disposed outside the vehicle, is configured to transmit display information related to the display object to the vehicle or a mobile device.

Abstract: An electronic device emulating nonvolatile memory includes: a first memory including a data block in which data is stored and a metadata block in which metadata relating to the data is stored; a second memory in which data to be used by the electronic device is stored; and a processor configured to manage data of the first memory and the second memory. The processor may generate a random value for distinguishing between first data and other data when the first data is stored in the first memory, include the random value in the first data and then store the first data in the data block, and store, in the second memory, a password value obtained by encrypting information on the first data based on the random value and a roll-back key.