Abstract: Disclosed are a vehicle control apparatus and a vehicle control method. The vehicle control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes an input unit to receive current lane information, current traffic sign information, and current driver behavior information photographed by a photographing apparatus, a determination unit to determine whether a vehicle is in an inappropriate driving pattern based on the inputted current lane information and the current traffic sign information and to determine whether a driver is in a driver carelessness state based on the inputted current driver behavior information, and a controller to transmit a warning command to a warning apparatus so that the warning apparatus warns the driver that the driver is currently in a careless driving state if the vehicle is in the inappropriate driving pattern and the driver is in the driver carelessness state.

Abstract: A driver state monitoring method and apparatus may accurately and effectively determine a driver carelessness state and warn a driver of the carelessness state.

Abstract: Disclosed are a road surface condition sensing system and method. The road surface condition sensing system includes an acoustic sensing unit for sensing an acoustic signal of a floor of a vehicle, and a control unit for calculating a feature vector by Fourier transforming the sensed acoustic signal, comparing the calculated feature vector with a plurality of previously stored feature vectors and returning a first feature vector having the smallest relative distance to the calculated feature vector, and outputting a road surface condition corresponding to the first feature vector.

Abstract: Disclosed are a circuit fault detection system and method for a circuit fault detection. A circuit fault detection system includes: a detection circuit including a diode, a first resistor, and a second resistor, positioned between an applied voltage source and a top of a detection target circuit in series, and a third resistor and a fourth resistor, positioned between the detection target circuit and a ground in series, an input unit including a first input terminal receiving a voltage measured between the first resistor and the second resistor, and a second input terminal receiving a voltage measured between the third resistor and the fourth resistor, a controller detecting a failure in the detection target circuit and in an operation of the detection target circuit based on values of the voltages detected by the input unit; and a display unit providing a warning to a user when the failure is detected.

Abstract: A lane recognition system and method are disclosed. The lane recognition system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an image sensor for capturing an image comprising a lane; a neuromorphic system in which a plurality of neurons in which a pattern vector related to a lane information are stored are connected by a parallel bus; and a lane recognition unit for generating [1×N] size input vectors of a predetermined size for a region of interest of the input image frame input from the image sensor, for inputting the generated vector to the neuromorphic system, and for recognizing a lane in the input image based on lane information of a neuron having a pattern vector most similar to an input vector among a plurality of neurons stored in the system.

Abstract: An apparatus for recognizing traffic signs normalizes a window of a predetermined size for a region of interest set in an image frame inputted from an image sensor, generates a first input vector, extracts a candidate region of a traffic sign based on feature pattern information of a neuron having a feature pattern vector, stores the coordinates of the extracted traffic sign candidate region, converts the image size of the extracted candidate region, normalizes a window of a predetermined size for the candidate region of the converted image size, generates a second input vector, determines traffic sign content information of a neuron having a content pattern vector, stores the determined traffic sign content information, and recognizes the location and content of the traffic sign based on the coordinates of the stored candidate regions and the content information of the stored traffic sign when the traffic sign disappears.

Abstract: Disclosed are a driver state sensing system, a driver state sensing method, and a vehicle including the same. The driver state sensing system includes an image photographing unit composed of a single channel to photograph images, a controller that extracts at least one shape point from a driver image sensed in the images and compares a motion vector calculated based on the amount of change of the shape point with at least one drowsiness vector stored in advance to determine whether a driver is in a drowsiness state, and a warning unit to warn when it is determined that the driver is in a drowsiness state.

Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and method for adjusting the focus of a camera. The apparatus in accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure includes an image acquirer; a neuromorphic hardware including a plurality of neurons; and a controller configured to generate input vectors by vectorizing image data, input each of the generated input vectors to the neuromorphic hardware, select neurons, receive an edge pattern type value between the input vector and one corresponding edge pattern from each of the selected neurons, calculate a focus parameter value of the image frame on the basis of the received edge pattern type values, compare the focus parameter value of a current image frame and a focus parameter value of a previous image frame, determine a moving direction of the focus lens according to a comparison result, and move the focus lens on the basis of the determined moving direction.

Abstract: A pedestrian warning device of a vehicle is disclosed. The pedestrian warning device includes a pedestrian detector configured to detect a position of a pedestrian walking around a vehicle, an in-vehicle warning sound outputter configured to output warning sounds through a plurality of internal speakers arranged at different positions in the vehicle, and a controller configured to generate pedestrian movement information including a movement direction of the pedestrian based on the detected position of the pedestrian, determine a moved position of the pedestrian based on the generated pedestrian movement information, control an operation of the in-vehicle warning sound outputter according to the determined moved position to operate an internal speaker corresponding to the moved position of the pedestrian among the plurality of internal speakers as the pedestrian moves, and notify a driver of the moved position of the pedestrian by change of a direction of the output warning sound.

Abstract: A wheel angle determining device includes a position sensor being provided on a vehicle wheel assembly to directly measure a wheel angle. The wheel assembly having a first portion being fixedly connected to a vehicle and a second portion being rotatable about an axis formed in a plane substantially perpendicular to a vehicle travel direction. The second portion of the vehicle wheel assembly including a vehicle wheel. The position sensor having a first end operatively connected to the first portion of the vehicle wheel assembly and a second end operatively connected to the second portion of the vehicle wheel assembly.

Abstract: A relay including a coil, a yoke having a first yoke leg and a second yoke leg, a first connector terminal being electrically connected to a first contact terminal, a second connector terminal being electrically connected to a second contact terminal via a movable contact terminal, and a fuse having, a first end portion and a second end portion. The first end portion and the second end portion of the fuse being fixedly and directly connected to the first contact terminal and the second contact terminal, respectively.

Abstract: A wheel angle determining device includes a position sensor being provided on a vehicle wheel assembly to directly measure a wheel angle. The wheel assembly having a first portion being fixedly connected to a vehicle and a second portion being rotatable about an axis formed in a plane substantially perpendicular to a vehicle travel direction. The second portion of the vehicle wheel assembly including a vehicle wheel. The position sensor having a first end operatively connected to the first portion of the vehicle wheel assembly and a second end operatively connected to the second portion of the vehicle wheel assembly.

Abstract: A motor actuator of a climate control system includes an specialized electric motor with a motor housing enclosing an encoder ring on a motor shaft having a plurality of opposite encoder-segment sets with encoder brushes on the housing wiping the encoder ring and thereby forming an encoder circuit through opposite segments of the encoder-segment sets. The electric motor further includes power and encoder terminals positioned externally of the motor housing with at least one power terminal being electrically coupled to one of the power brushes and at least one encoder terminal being electrically coupled to one of the encoder brushes. A control head of the system includes a continuity pulse counter coupled to the at least one encoder terminal for creating pulses representative of impedance in the encoder circuit and, therefore, movement of the motor shaft and a damper linked thereto.