Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and a method for controlling a redundant steering system. The apparatus includes: a first steering position controller configured to control a first MDPS module based on a first command steering angle from an autonomous driving system and a current steering angle; a second steering position controller configured to control a second MDPS module based on a second command steering angle from the autonomous driving system and the current steering angle; an internal communication interface configured to enable a communication between the first steering position controller and the second steering position controller; and a processor configured to calculate final output information including the current steering angle based on first information output from the first MDPS module and second information output from the second MDPS module, and to apply the final output information to the first steering position controller and the second steering position controller.

Abstract: A brake device includes a caliper body, a brake pad disposed on the caliper body and including a friction member positioned on a first surface thereof and side protrusions protruding from left and right side surfaces of the brake pad, a return spring having one side coupled to the side protrusion of the brake pad and the other side coupled to the caliper body, and a load spring having one side coupled to the side protrusion of the brake pad and the other side coupled to the caliper body, and supporting a weight in a vertical direction of the brake pad. As a pad liner is removed and the three functions of the pad liner are separately achieved, a size of an unnecessary member is reduced and a performance is improved.

Abstract: A vehicle brake apparatus is provided including a housing, a cylinder installed inside the housing, a motor connected to the cylinder and configured to provide a rotational force to a screw shaft installed inside the cylinder to axially rotate the screw shaft by providing the screw shaft with the rotational force of the motor, a nut coupled to the screw shaft with a ball member in between and reciprocating along an axial direction of the screw shaft in a manner that corresponds to a rotational direction of the screw shaft, a piston coupled to the nut and moving in unison with the nut, and a retaining portion installed between the nut and the piston and having an opening.

Abstract: A airbag cushion for installation in a negative pressure vehicle having a partition extending vertically along B-pillar trim covering a B-pillar, may include a cushion body mounted on a vehicle body in a folded state on an upper portion of the B-pillar, inflated by gas, and deployed between the B-pillar trim and the partition, and a tether connecting one side of the cushion body to the vehicle body to allow the cushion body to maintain its deployed shape.

Abstract: Disclosed are a system and method for controlling a lighting device for a steering wheel. The system includes the lighting device mounted on the steering wheel and configured to be selectively turned on in order to indicate left/right directions of a vehicle, and a controller configured, upon receiving a request for turning on of the lighting device, to control turn-on operation of the lighting device such that left/right lighting directions of the lighting device are identical to the left/right directions of the vehicle when the angular position of the steering wheel is within a first steering angle range encompassing a steering angle neutral position and such that the left/right lighting directions of the lighting device are opposite the left/right directions of the vehicle when the angular position of the steering wheel is within an inverted steering angle range vertically inverted from the normal steering angle range.

Abstract: Disclosed are an airbag for a seat capable of quickly and safely supporting an occupant's body parts in order to reduce the risk of injury to the occupant and a method of controlling deployment thereof. The airbag includes an airbag cushion configured to be deployed so as to cover areas ahead of and above a seat, an active wire connected between each of two side surfaces of the seat and a respective one of two side surfaces of the airbag cushion, an active mechanism configured to generate force of pulling the active wire connected to the airbag cushion toward an occupant, and a controller configured to apply an operation command to the active mechanism during operation of the airbag to control the active mechanism to pull the active wire so that the airbag cushion is pulled toward the occupant.

Abstract: Disclosed are a lighting grill assembly for a vehicle and a method of manufacturing the same, the lighting grill assembly for a vehicle a grill cover, a black paint portion painted using a black paint on a rear surface of the grill cover, and the black paint portion forming a light transmitting portion through which light passes by removing a part of the painted black paint, an inner lens spaced apart from the rear surface of the grill cover in a rearward direction, and a metal layer is deposited on a surface of the inner lens, and a light source configured to radiate light from a rear of the inner lens.

Abstract: A cockpit module assembly for a vehicle is provided. The cockpit module assembly includes a cover panel disposed to face toward a ceiling surface of a vehicle and covering one side of an instrument panel, and a multifunction module detachably coupled to the cover panel and provided to display instrument information of the vehicle and/or hold portable device(s).

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a carelessness determination method based on the analysis of a driver's biological state and an SCC association system and method using the same, which can determine a driver's carelessness state by using a line of sight of the driver, a change in the size of the pupil of the driver according to a vehicle speed, and external environment information and can forcedly change the subject of driving into a vehicle based on SCC when the driver's carelessness state is determined as a driver carelessness situation.

Abstract: A mobile lighting device includes a housing unit inserted into a vehicle body, a light source unit mounted in the housing unit and configured to generate light, a lens unit mounted in the housing unit and configured to transmit the light generated in the light source unit, and a drive unit configured to move the housing unit in such a manner that the lens unit is selectively inserted into y or protrudes out of the vehicle body.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery module busbar and a method of manufacturing the same. A battery module busbar according to one embodiment of the present disclosure can include a body, a first terminal part provided on one end of the body and electrically connected to a battery module, a second terminal part provided on the other end of the body, electrically connected to a battery module, and bent from the body, and a melting part provided on one surface of the first terminal part and formed of a material which melts at a predetermined temperature or more.

Abstract: A power semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer formed of silicon carbide (SiC), a trench formed by etching the semiconductor layer, a gate formed in a manner that a partial region of the gate is buried in the trench and another partial region of the gate extends over the semiconductor layer, a shield region formed to surround a lower region of the trench, a well region disposed in the semiconductor layer to be in contact with a first side surface of the trench and an upper surface of the semiconductor layer, a source region disposed in the well region, and a shield connector formed to extend from an upper surface of the semiconductor layer to the shield region while contacting a second side surface opposite to the first side surface.

Abstract: A processor-implemented method includes classifying a plurality of aisles into a single-sided docking aisle and a double-sided docking aisle within a structure including a plurality of workstations are arranged in the aisle, determining positions of each of a plurality of logistics robots within each section of each aisle based on received respective positions of respective logistics robots and received respective states of the respective logistics robots, counting a first number of moving logistics robots in each section of each aisle and a second number of waiting logistics robots in each section of each aisle, performing a first traffic control with respect to logistics robots that have entered the traffic section, performing a second traffic control with respect to logistics robots that have requested a docking-out, and generating and assigning a mission corresponding to a result of the first traffic control and the second traffic control.

Abstract: A variable grille apparatus can adjust a flow rate of air flowing through a grille and upgrade an opening/closing operation when adjusting the flow rate of the air, thereby improving merchantability. In addition, by diversifying the opening/closing operation of the grille such as sequentially operating or simultaneously operating the opening/closing operation of the grille, it is possible to upgrade the opening/closing operation of the grille, diversify the exterior design, and secure the flow rate of air through the optimization of the structural arrangement.

Abstract: Disclosed are airbag integrated moving display and a control method where the airbag-integrated display includes a display movable to a forward or rearward position according to a driving mode of a vehicle, and an airbag mounted to the rear of the display and being configured to move along with a movement of the display, vary a level of inflation of the airbag based on at least one of a position of the display or a distance from a driver of the vehicle.

Abstract: Provided is technology to enhance a recognition distance of the own lane of a vehicle while reducing a total number of image pixels by appropriately setting a decimation factor of each region of forward image data for recognition performance enhancement of a Closest In-Path Vehicle (CIPV) region by an object recognition network.

Abstract: A pedal simulator includes a pedal housing, a pedal unit rotatably mounted to the pedal housing, and a simulator unit mounted in the pedal housing and configured to compress a plurality of rods connected to the pedal unit by pressing the pedal unit.

Abstract: A lamp for a vehicle includes a light source that outputs light, and a multi-facet lens, to which the light output from the light source is input, that outputs the light to an outside after the light passes therethrough, and including a plurality of facets, the multi-facet lens includes a central facet area including a plurality of facets provided in a central area in a leftward/rightward direction, and a peripheral facet area including a plurality of facets provided on one side of the central area in the leftward/rightward direction. Horizontal focuses and vertical focuses of at least some of the plurality of facets provided in the central facet area correspond to each other, and horizontal focuses and vertical focuses of some of the plurality of facets provided in the peripheral facet area are different.

Abstract: Proposed are a vehicle occupant protection apparatus and method. A vehicle sensor detects a target present around a vehicle. A drive unit is configured to increase a space between a side structure of the vehicle and an occupant in the event of a side collision between the vehicle and the target collide. A space control unit controls the drive unit in response to detection information detected by the vehicle sensor to protect the occupant from the side structure.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling a vehicle are disclosed. The method comprises acquiring an acceleration of a front wheel and a rear wheel, determining that the front wheel is passing a bump of a road in response to determining that the acceleration of the front wheel is outside an acceleration range and fluctuates in the range wider than the acceleration range within a first maximum time period, determining that the rear wheel is passing the bump in response to determining that the acceleration of the rear wheel is outside the acceleration range and fluctuates in the range wider than the acceleration range within a second maximum time period, and in response to determining that the front wheel has passed the bump and the rear wheel is passing the bump, controlling a drive unit of the vehicle.