Abstract: A battery charging method for an on-board charger (OBC) includes: applying, by a controller, an output voltage of a first converter to a second converter by controlling the output voltage based on a result of a comparison between a battery load voltage and a battery rated voltage; controlling, by the controller, the second converter to perform a frequency modulation on the output voltage using a low-speed frequency modulation method or a high-speed frequency modulation method based on a result of the control of the output voltage; and generating, by the controller, a frequency harmonic of a system frequency in a battery current based on a modulation method used to perform the frequency modulation. An output voltage of the first converter is controlled based on a load voltage state of a battery and applied to the second converter.

Abstract: A dual side cooling power module includes: a lower substrate including a recessed portion on at least one surface thereof, a semiconductor chip formed in the recessed portion, lead frames formed at both ends of the lower substrate, and an upper substrate formed on the semiconductor chip, a portion of the lead frames, and the lower substrate.

Abstract: Provided is a method of learning a touch point of a dual clutch transmission (DCT), and more particularly, to a DCT touch point learning method in which a touch point is learned based on a difference between a virtual input shaft speed and a clutch non-drive shaft input speed using a virtual input shaft reference speed calculated based on the speed of a traveling vehicle. In a traveling situation in which the touch point cannot be learned using the non-drive shaft according to the related art because the input shaft behavior of the non-drive shaft is rotationally synchronized with the input shaft behavior of the drive shaft by drag characteristics of the DCT, a virtual input shaft speed may be calculated, and the touch point of the clutch may be learned using the virtual input shaft speed.

Abstract: An ultrasonic sensor control method includes outputting a first sensing signal, comparing a voltage value of a first reflection signal corresponding to the first sensing signal with a predetermined reference voltage value, determining a conversion method of the first reflection signal according to a voltage value comparison result, converting the first reflection signal according to a determined conversion method, and detecting an object by comparing a converted first reflection signal with a predetermined reference reflection signal.

Abstract: An integrated circuit test apparatus includes: a first test unit configured to output a current for a built-in self test (BIST) progress state for each internal circuit of an integrated circuit in a BIST test mode and to determine whether each internal circuit operates normally in a wake-up mode of the integrated circuit; and a first determination module configured to determine whether each internal circuit is in a stuck state based on a change detected by the first test unit.

Abstract: A method for the self-diagnosis of RAM error detection logic of a powertrain controller includes: idling, by a first core, an operation of a second core; testing an error correction code (ECC) module corresponding to a RAM operating by the second core; idling, by the second core, an operation of a core of a plurality of un tested cores; and testing an ECC module corresponding to a RAM operating by the core of the plurality of untested cores.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a camera module for a vehicle and a monitoring system provided with the same capable of conveniently identifying circumstances around a vehicle by photographing the circumference of the vehicle in various directions. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the camera module includes a camera module including a plurality of lenses which is mounted in different directions to form each image, one image sensor unit which is mounted to be movable to corresponding positions of each image formed by the plurality of lenses, a guide part which selectively moves the image sensor unit, and an image processor which processes an image signal output from the image sensor unit.

Abstract: A real time clock device for a vehicle may include: a register set provided with a first register, in which second time information is stored, and configured to store Real Time Clock (RTC) data including the time or date; and a data compensation circuit to block an input of a 1 second (1 s) tick to the first register and compensate for a delay time according to the block of the input of the 1 s tick to the first register by an RTC lock signal during a process of transmitting the RTC data to an external device or receiving setting data for the RTC data from the external device.

Abstract: An analog to digital converter (ADC) sampling time control method includes: grouping, by an electronic control unit, analog sensor signals received from a plurality of sensors based on a similar signal; setting, by the electronic control unit, a sampling time for converting the grouped analog sensor signals into digital signals; and obtaining, by the electronic control unit, a sensor value by converting the grouped analog sensor signals into the digital signals based on the set sampling time.

Abstract: A light detection and ranging (LIDAR) signal processing apparatus capable of accurately measuring a distance to an object using an optical means may include: a flight length deriving unit to calculate a flight length of a first laser light emitted from a sensor toward a road with an inclination, a vertical inclination measurement unit to estimate a vertical inclination of the vehicle with respect to the road based on the flight length, a horizontal inclination measurement unit to estimate a horizontal inclination of the vehicle with respect to the road based on the flight length, a reliability determination unit to determine reliability of information detected by the sensor based on the vertical inclination and the horizontal inclination of the vehicle, and a data processing unit to process the detected information when the detected information is reliable.

Abstract: A method for controlling production of microticks from a crank sensor signal continuously generated by engine RPM may include: dividing the crank sensor signal within a present period of the crank sensor signal to produce the microticks having a first period through the controller; monitoring the number of microticks produced through the controller; and controlling production of the microticks having the first period by using a direct memory access (DMA) based on the monitoring result through the controller.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and system for controlling fuel injection in response to a change in the content of ethanol in a FFV having oxygen sensors and an ethanol sensor. The system includes an ethanol content change detection unit configured to detect a change in the content of ethanol, a flow rate calculation unit configured to calculate a volumetric flow rate of blending fuel and to integrate the calculated value, a condition determination unit configured to determine whether the change in the content of ethanol satisfies a condition for applying a fuel injection correction value, a control execution determination unit configured to determine whether to apply the fuel injection correction value by comparing the volumetric flow rate integration value with a preset second reference value, and a controller configured to determine a fuel injection correction value and to adjust an amount of fuel injection.

Abstract: A vehicle controller has a modification prevention device, and the vehicle controller includes: a printed circuit board; a security module frame seated on the printed circuit board and having multiple coupling holes; and security modules inserted into the coupling holes and configured to electrically communicate with a circuit of the printed circuit board. In particular, the security modules include non-conductive insertion pins and conductive insertion pins inserted into the coupling holes, and the non-conductive insertion pins and the conductive insertion pins are scattered while being separated from the coupling holes of the security module when the vehicle controller is disassembled.

Abstract: A vehicle control system and a method for a vehicle running on a low friction road inhibit repetitive gear shifts of a transmission of the vehicle. The vehicle control system of the vehicle includes: one or more sensors for sensing an engine speed of the vehicle, an engine oil temperature, a position of an accelerator pedal, a lateral acceleration of the vehicle, a rotational angle of a steering wheel, or whether a low friction road running mode switch is turned on or off; and a controller for receiving sensor data from the sensors. In particular, the controller determines whether the vehicle satisfies an entry condition for performing a repetitive shift prevention control based on the sensor data, and controls a gear shift of the transmission and an engine torque to inhibit the repetitive gear shifts of the vehicle when the downshift occurs when the vehicle has satisfied the entry condition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a position learning system for an electric shift-by-wire system, which senses changes in the load of a motor according to operations of a four-stage detent plate and a detent spring to learn positions of shift stages of the electric shift-by-wire system, the position learning system including: a sensor for sensing the current generated from the motor; and a controller for receiving current data until a shift stage P is switched to a shift stage D or the shift stage D is switched to the shift stage P from the sensor, learning positions of shift stages R and N through the received current data, and performing offset operations on the basis of the learned positions of the shift stages R and N to learn positions of the shift stages P and D.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a diagnosis method for an ethanol sensor of a flexible fuel vehicle, the diagnosis method including: a) the fuel refilling detection step of detecting whether fuel is filled to a fuel tank; b) the maximum changeable content range calculation step of calculating a content range of ethanol in the fuel stored in the fuel tank; c) the ethanol sensor value acquirement step of determining whether the data detected from an ethanol sensor converges into a given value; d) the oxygen sensor value acquirement step of determining whether the data detected from an oxygen sensor converges into a given value; and e) the ethanol sensor abnormality determination step of determining that an error is generated from the ethanol sensor if the data acquired at the ethanol sensor value acquirement step or the data acquired at the step is not a value in the calculated range.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of controlling a shifting time and a transmission controlled by the method. A method of controlling a shifting time of an automatic transmission mounted on a vehicle to control the driving of the transmission by incorporating the state of an engine includes an entry condition determination step of determining whether the engine of the vehicle being driven is a full throttle driving state and a shifting point correction logic entry condition is satisfied, an engine speed calculation step of calculating an expected maximum engine speed during gear shifting, and a shifting time delay step of delaying a shifting time during a specific time if an expected maximum engine speed value calculated in the engine speed calculation step is less than a preset value. Accordingly, a shifting pattern into which maximum acceleration performance set through maximum performance of an engine has been incorporated can be implemented.

Abstract: Provided are a method of learning a torque-stroke relationship of a clutch, and more particularly, a clutch torque-stroke learning method in which, during a process of dividing a torque region on a torque-stroke curve (T-S curve) of a clutch into two or more regions and learning the T-S curve passing through two or more torque regions with different torque section values, by learning the curve for a first torque region (e.g., a high-torque region or a low-torque region) when the curve is learned for a second torque region with guaranteed reliability, it is possible to prevent a problem of the T-S curve not converging to a previously learned curve value when the T-S curve is continuously learned for the two or more different torque regions.

Abstract: An apparatus for learning gear ratio control of a CVT (Continuously Variable Transmission) may include: an APS (Acceleration Position Sensor) configured to detect a change of an accelerator pedal in a CVT vehicle; a gear ratio detector configured to detect a pulley gear ratio of the CVT; a timer configured to measure the time during which gear ratio control learning is performed during power-off up-shift of the CVT; and a controller configured to receive the values detected through the APS, the gear ratio detector and the timer, and control the CVT to shift gears at a target gear ratio learned through the gear ratio control learning, during the power-off up-shift by coasting.

Abstract: A real-time slope control apparatus includes power-train transistors coupled between a power terminal and an output node and turned on in response to an error signal, a voltage regulator, a comparator configured to compare whether the feedback voltage and a sub-reference voltage match each other, pull-up transistors coupled between the power terminal and the output node and sequentially turned on in response to first control signals corresponding to a comparison result value of the comparator, and pull-down transistors coupled between the output node and the ground terminal and sequentially turned on in response to second control signals corresponding to the comparison result value of the comparator.