Abstract: Provided are a method of recognizing an emotion of a driver and an apparatus using the same. The method includes receiving emotion recognition information including at least one of vehicle state information and driver emotion state information, determining whether a dominant emotion state exists among one or more emotion states possessed by the driver on the basis of the emotion recognition information and an emotion recognition model, and performing a reaction inducing interaction with respect to the driver determined on the basis of the determined dominant emotion state together with the driver when the dominant emotion state of the driver is determined to exist.

Abstract: A digital cockpit system communicates with a cloud server and outputs an output result of a vehicle's internal system according to a human-machine interface (HMI) output policy optimized for a personal driving tendency of a personal driver by using a driver-customized parameter received from the cloud server.

Abstract: Provided is a packet transmission method of a communication device. The packet transmission method includes randomly determining a first packet transmission time of a first packet which is to be transmitted in an nth beacon interval, generating the first packet, and transmitting the first packet at the first packet transmission time.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for detecting an obstacle adaptively to vehicle speed. The apparatus includes a control unit, a speed-adaptive camera sensor, a speed-adaptive laser scanner sensor, and a detection data integration unit. The control unit receives information about the speed of a vehicle and a Pulse Per Second (PPS) signal from a Global Positioning System (GPS) module. The speed-adaptive camera sensor adjusts the range of a detection region based on the information about the speed of the vehicle, and generates first detection data on an object. The speed-adaptive laser scanner sensor adjusts the range of the angle of the field of view of a laser scanner based on the information about the speed of the vehicle, and generates second detection data on the object. The detection data integration unit outputs obstacle detection data.

Abstract: An apparatus for gathering information about surroundings of a vehicle includes: a vehicle sensor data gathering block configured to gather first information about surroundings of the vehicle from one or more sensors mounted on the vehicle; a roadside equipment data gathering block configured to gather second information about surroundings of the vehicle from a roadside communication device installed on a driving infrastructure; and a data integration block configured to classify the first information about surroundings and the second information about surroundings for predefined data types and integrate and manage the classified information about surroundings based on a preset reliability criterion.

Abstract: An unmanned vehicle driving apparatus which allows obstacle avoidance and the method of it is commenced. The unmanned vehicle driving apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment include: a routing part which generates or receives a vehicle's fundamental driving route and generates a moved-driving route by adding or subtracting a route changing value to the fundamental driving route to avoid obstacles while driving; an obstacle detecting part which detects obstacles while driving; and a route driving part which drives the vehicle on the fundamental driving route and when an obstacle is detected, drives the vehicle on the moved-driving route to avoid it.

Abstract: In a wireless multi-hop network, a transmission scheduling apparatus calculates a transmission demand of every node within the wireless multi-hop network, and allocates a time slot to each node by using the transmission demand of each node.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for detecting an obstacle adaptively to vehicle speed. The apparatus includes a control unit, a speed-adaptive camera sensor, a speed-adaptive laser scanner sensor, and a detection data integration unit. The control unit receives information about the speed of a vehicle and a Pulse Per Second (PPS) signal from a Global Positioning System (GPS) module. The speed-adaptive camera sensor adjusts the range of a detection region based on the information about the speed of the vehicle, and generates first detection data on an object. The speed-adaptive laser scanner sensor adjusts the range of the angle of the field of view of a laser scanner based on the information about the speed of the vehicle, and generates second detection data on the object. The detection data integration unit outputs obstacle detection data.

Abstract: In a vehicle communication system, a frame transmitting apparatus gives a transmission opportunity to an emergency frame received from an upper layer without EDCA (Enhanced Distributed Channel Access), and gives a transmission opportunity to a generic frame received from an upper layer through EDCA.

Abstract: In a vehicle communication system, a multi channel operation apparatus for communication of a vehicle or a road side base station operates a multi channel in one physical layer and differentially transmits a frame through a corresponding channel according to a user priority order value of a frame to transmit.

Abstract: An apparatus for gathering information about surroundings of a vehicle includes: a vehicle sensor data gathering block configured to gather first information about surroundings of the vehicle from one or more sensors mounted on the vehicle; a roadside equipment data gathering block configured to gather second information about surroundings of the vehicle from a roadside communication device installed on a driving infrastructure; and a data integration block configured to classify the first information about surroundings and the second information about surroundings for predefined data types and integrate and manage the classified information about surroundings based on a preset reliability criterion.

Abstract: A transimpedance amplifier for a burst mode optical communication converts a burst current signal into differential output voltage signals. Using a multi-level digital AGC mechanism, the transimpedance amplifier is rapidly adapted to a burst signal whose amplitude varies in a wide range. By using an adaptive level detection method, a multi-level digital AGC can be implemented without using ADC. In addition, because the transimpedance amplifier uses a selective reset generation scheme that performs a reset operation for itself after a high power burst, a burst mode operation can be performed without external reset signals. Accordingly, the transimpedance amplifier can be integrated with an optical detector within a TO-can. Furthermore, the transimpedance amplifier can have the burst mode capability and the best sensitivity.

Abstract: A safe driving providing system for supporting a safe driving of a vehicle includes: a radar for transmitting a signal of a predetermined frequency bandwidth to a plurality of vehicles, analyzing signals provided by the vehicles, calculating location information and distance information of the vehicles, and finding inter-vehicle distance information of the vehicles based on the location information and the distance information; and a controller for receiving operation speed information from a vehicle information terminal device installed in each vehicle, determining driving safety of the plurality of vehicles based on the received operation speed information and inter-vehicle distance information provided by the radar, and transmitting a warning message for safe driving to the vehicle information terminal device.

Abstract: In order for a source node including a vehicle multihop protocol unicast apparatus to route data to a destination node, the source node broadcasts a location request message to neighbor node and receives a location response message from the neighbor nodes in response to the location request message. Therefore, the source node routes unicast data on the basis of the location information of the destination node included in the location response message. At this time, the source node uses a location based forwarder selecting algorithm in order to select a forwarder.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method for handover in vehicular communications and On-Board Equipment (OBE) using the same. In the method for handover in vehicular communications, OBE performs a handover from first Road-Side Equipment (RSE) to second RSE. The OBE receives beacon frames from the first RSE and the second RSE. The first average value of a received signal strength indication corresponding to the beacon frame received from the first RSE and the second average value of a received signal strength indication corresponding to the beacon frame received from the second RSE are calculated. The first cumulative gradient of the first average value and the second cumulative gradient of the second average value are calculated. The handover from the first RSE to the second RSE is performed based on the first average value, the second average value, the first gradient, and the second gradient.

Abstract: A first roadside equipment operates as a transmitting/receiving mode in a control channel interval of an Nth synchronization interval so as to support a handover. In this instance, a second roadside equipment neighboring to the first roadside equipment operates as a receiving mode in the control channel interval of the Nth synchronization interval. The first roadside equipment operates as the receiving mode in a control channel interval of an (N+1)th synchronization interval. In this instance, the second roadside equipment operates as the transmitting/receiving mode in the control channel interval of the (N+1)th synchronization interval.

Abstract: A device for allocating a channel by using wireless access in a vehicular environment in which an onboard unit is provided in a vehicle and at least one roadside unit is provided, receives a service announcement message from at least one roadside unit, uses the service announcement message to generate an available service table, determines whether the available service table has roadside unit entries for transmitting the service announcement message, and if so, compares average RSSI provided by the roadside units to select a roadside unit to access, selects a channel that corresponds to the service provider ID with the highest priority from among the service provided by the selected roadside unit, and assigns the selected channel as a service channel to exchange information with the roadside unit.

Abstract: In a wireless multi-hop network, a transmission scheduling apparatus calculates a transmission demand of every node within the wireless multi-hop network, and allocates a time slot to each node by using the transmission demand of each node.

Abstract: An apparatus for time synchronization of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) system oversamples a received signal using a master clock having a frequency at least four times higher than a minimum sampling frequency in a transmission apparatus, sets one of a plurality of oversampled signals to an on-time signal, and shifts each of the remaining oversampled signals by a predetermined time on the basis of the on-time signal. The apparatus for time synchronization calculates a correlation value by correlating each of the shifted signals and the on-time signal with a previously known signal, detects a maximum energy value among the calculated correlation values, and detects a start point of a frame by comparing the maximum energy value with a predetermined threshold value.

Abstract: In a vehicle communication system, a frame transmitting apparatus gives a transmission opportunity to an emergency frame received from an upper layer without EDCA (Enhanced Distributed Channel Access), and gives a transmission opportunity to a generic frame received from an upper layer through EDCA.