Abstract: A vehicle and control method of the vehicle are provided. The vehicle includes a camera provided on the vehicle and configured to capture an image of an object outside the vehicle, a controller configured to determine a photographing position required for facial recognition from the captured image, a guide configured to guide the photographing position, and a display configured to display a result of the facial recognition.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for controlling a fuel cell system includes a fuel cell system including a fuel cell stack, a balance of plant for operating the fuel cell stack, and a fuel cell controller configured for controlling the BOP, a first power converter located between the fuel cell stack and a first voltage battery and including a bidirectional low voltage DC/DC converter, a second power located between the fuel cell stack and a second voltage battery to include a single bidirectional DC/DC converter module, and a controller configured for operating the first power converter or the single bidirectional DC/DC converter module of the second power converter, when the fuel cell system is started or stopped, and controlling the first power converter or the second power converter to supply driving power to the BOP using electrical energy of the first voltage battery or the second voltage battery.

Abstract: An electrified vehicle capable of additionally mounting a swappable battery and a power source management method for the same are provided. A method of power source management of an electrified vehicle is provided, comprising connecting a swappable battery unit to a connector in an electrified vehicle comprising a first battery fixedly arranged with a main battery unit, a first battery management system configured to control the first battery, and a DC converter having a first end and a second end, the swappable battery unit comprises a second battery, and a second battery management system configured to control the second battery. The method further comprises determining, using a vehicle control unit, a target integrated voltage to be supplied to a power electric unit, and transmitting, using the vehicle control unit, a voltage command corresponding to a target output voltage to the DC converter, according to a determined target integrated voltage.

Abstract: An inverse quantization method is implemented by an inverse quantization device, the method configured for acquiring quantized coefficients, estimating a quantization parameter in quantization groups or quantization parameter prediction group units, generating an inverse quantization matrix for adaptive quantization, and generating transform coefficients from the quantized coefficients using the quantization parameter and the inverse quantization matrix.

Abstract: An apparatus for preventing a sub-frame of an electric vehicle with a wireless charging pad from being pushed back includes: a push bracket member having one side portion coupled to a front end module provided in front of a sub-frame of the electric vehicle and extending to be disposed between the sub-frame and a wireless charging pad mounted below the sub-frame. Upon a forward vehicle collision, the apparatus can induce deformation of the sub-frame equipped with the wireless charging pad to prevent the sub-frame from being pushed backward.

Abstract: An apparatus for predicting performance of a wheel in a vehicle: includes a learning device that generates a latent space for a plurality of two-dimensional (2D) wheel images based on a convolutional autoencoder (CAE), extracts a predetermined number of the plurality of 2D wheel images from the latent space, and learns a dataset having the plurality of 2D wheel images and performance values corresponding to the plurality of 2D wheel images; and a controller that predicts performance for the plurality of 2D wheel images based on a performance prediction model obtained by the learning device.

Abstract: A vehicle cooling/heating system includes a coolant line in which coolant is circulated between a heat source component of a vehicle that provides waste heat and a chiller and a refrigerant line in which refrigerant is circulated through a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, and an evaporator. The refrigerant line performs indoor cooling through the evaporator. A controller controls the coolant line such that, during a drying mode in which it is necessary to dry the evaporator, the coolant in the coolant line is circulated or not circulated through the heat source component and the chiller, and such that the refrigerant in the refrigerant line flows, in order, through the compressor, the evaporator, and the chiller.

Abstract: A structure and method for mounting a flag-type side mirror securely fastens the flag-type side mirror on a door panel of a vehicle. The method includes: passing a wiring mounted to the flag-type side mirror through through-holes formed in an outer belt rail, a quadrant reinforce, and an inner panel of the door; placing the flag-type side mirror at a position to be installed; arranging a mirror neck of the flag-type side mirror to abut on the quadrant reinforce through an outer panel of the door; passing a fastening member through the outer belt rail and the quadrant reinforce; and fastening the fastening member to an end of the mirror neck by operating a tool in a direction from inside to outside of the vehicle.

Abstract: A system and method for managing a tractor-trailer and a method are provided. The system includes: a control server to manage a position of a trailer, identification information on the trailer, and identification information on a tractor matched to the trailer with respect to each hub; a trailer to authenticate the tractor by comparing the identification information, which is received from the control server, on the tractor, with identification information received from the tractor, and to release an electronic parking brake (EPB) when an authentication result for the tractor is correct; and a tractor to authenticate the trailer by comparing the identification information, which is received from the control server, on the trailer with identification information received from the trailer to authenticate the trailer, and to be coupled to the trailer, when an authentication result for the trailer is correct.

Abstract: Disclosed are a lubricant composition and a method of preparing the same. The lubricant composition has improved low-temperature fluidity and includes polyalkylene glycol, a glycol ether compound, and an antioxidant.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of detecting a seat belt of a vehicle, the method comprising: storing, by a controller, a pattern before an occupant of a vehicle wears a seat belt webbing and a pattern after the occupant of the vehicle wears the seat belt webbing photographed through a region of interest of a vision sensor in a memory; receiving, by the controller, an image for the seat belt webbing photographed in the region of interest of the vision sensor; determining, by the controller, whether the pattern of the seat belt webbing stored in the memory is detected from the image of the seat belt webbing; and when the pattern of the seat belt webbing is not detected, controlling, by the controller, a display device to display a first warning message indicating that the seat belt webbing is not detected.

Abstract: An object-tracking method using a LiDAR sensor includes generating current shape information about a current tracking box at a current time from an associated segment box, using history shape information accumulated prior to the current time with respect to a target object that is being tracked, and updating information on a previous tracking box at a time prior to the current time, contained in the history shape information, using the current shape information and the history shape information and determining a previous tracking box having the updated information to be a final output box containing information on the shape of the target object.

Abstract: An airbag system includes a seat belt; at least one airbag disposed in at least a portion of the seat belt; and an inflator connected to the at least one airbag and supplying gas to the airbag so that the airbag is inflatable.

Abstract: A LIDAR data based object recognition apparatus merges segments over-segmented in a LIDAR data based segmentation process. The apparatus includes a segment generator generating a plurality of segments by grouping points acquired from a LIDAR sensor. A target segment selector selects a target segment that is a base for merging from the plurality of segments and a segment merging determination unit checks whether segments other than the target segment are mergeable segments and determines whether to merge the target segment and the mergeable segments based on attribute information of the target segment and the mergeable segments. A segment merger merges the target segment and the mergeable segments and outputs a merged segment.

Abstract: A foldable pedal apparatus of an autonomous vehicle and a method for controlling an operation thereof, includes an accelerator pedal assembly generating an acceleration-related signal and a brake pedal assembly generating a brake-related signal during a driver's operation, in which in an autonomous driving mode, an accelerator pedal assembly and a brake pedal assembly move forward and are fixed to a position as they are combined with a front inclined surface of a footrest panel, and in a manual driving mode, they move and are fixed to a position where a driver can comfortably operate them, so that in case of switchover from the autonomous driving mode to the manual driving mode, the switchover to the manual driving mode becomes possible only in a state where all safety conditions for directivity of a driver's seat and positions of an accelerator pedal assembly and a brake pedal assembly are satisfied.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a user interface; and a controller configured to determine a predicted place where an image is predicted to have been captured according to an output of a place prediction neural network for the image selected by a user, and control the user interface to perform a route guide to the predicted place, wherein the place prediction neural network is learned from an image tagged with place information.

Abstract: A vehicle diagnosis system, an apparatus therefor, and a method therefore are provided. The vehicle diagnosis system includes a wireless charging station that transmits a message including information related to a supportable service type and information related to a vendor of a supportable vehicle and a vehicle that identifies the message and connect a diagnosis session for diagnosing and reprogramming the vehicle. The diagnosis session is performed when a connection for a wireless charging session of the vehicle is established.

Abstract: A vehicle may include a camera obtaining a surrounding image around the vehicle; and a controller configured to derive spatial recognition data by learning the surrounding image of the vehicle as an input value of the controller, derive object recognition data including wheel area data of surrounding vehicles around the vehicle by learning the surrounding image of the vehicle as an input value of the controller, determine a ground clearance between a bottom surface of a vehicle body of the surrounding vehicles and a ground by use of the spatial recognition data and the wheel area data, and control the vehicle to park the vehicle according to the ground clearance.

Abstract: A hidden type holder device includes: a stationary assembly, a movable assembly, and a first return spring, the movable assembly is accommodated in the stationary assembly and movable to the inside or outside of the stationary assembly, the movable assembly has a retractable holder assembly for accommodating an article, and two opposite end portions of the return spring are respectively mounted on the stationary assembly and the movable assembly.

Abstract: An inverse quantization method is implemented by an inverse quantization device, the method configured for acquiring quantized coefficients, estimating a quantization parameter in quantization groups or quantization parameter prediction group units, generating an inverse quantization matrix for adaptive quantization, and generating transform coefficients from the quantized coefficients using the quantization parameter and the inverse quantization matrix.