Abstract: A device and a method for controlling updates of ECUs of a vehicle are provided. A communication device receives a request for associated software updates of electronic control units (ECUs) arranged within a vehicle, and a controller determines whether to start the vehicle based on a state of charge (SOC) of a battery. The controller performs updates of ECUs in a first group in a start on state of the vehicle, and performs updates of ECUs in a second group in a start off state of the vehicle to complete a software update for a function involving the plurality of ECUs.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for controlling an operation of a fuel cell system and a method therefor. The present disclosure may include a voltage sensor that measures an output voltage of a fuel cell stack, an air compressor that supplies air to a cathode of the fuel cell stack, a valve driver that adjusts an opening degree of an Airflow Control Valve (ACV), and a controller that, in an idle stop state, drives the air compressor at a lowest level and controls the opening degree of the ACV such that the output voltage of the fuel cell stack maintains a reference range.

Abstract: Disclosed are a device and a method for controlling a fuel cell system, in which during operation of the fuel cell system, the device and method determine a minimum motoring current limit value applied to a motor for driving a fuel cell vehicle by varying an output current limit threshold value of the fuel cell stack by determining an available output current of the stack and by varying an available voltage lower limit threshold value of the stack by determining an available operating voltage of the stack, thereby preventing the fuel cell vehicle from rattling due to excessive limitation of output current of the stack. They also control the pressures of an anode and a cathode of the stack by monitoring whether the performance of the stack is degraded as limitation of output current of the stack is suppressed, thereby suppressing degradation of the performance of the stack.

Abstract: An apparatus of operating an OTA update for a vehicle includes an input device receiving approval information for approving an OTA update process of a vehicle from a user and an execution device executing one of a first process or a second process in response to the approval information being entered. Each of the first process and the second process includes at least one of a battery charging process of a battery in the vehicle or the OTA update process of the vehicle.

Abstract: A control system and method for preventing a fuel cell from overheating are disclosed. The system includes: a fuel cell that generates electric power through reaction of fuel gas and oxidation gas; a cooling line in which a cooling medium flows and performs heat exchange with the fuel cell; a cooling pump installed on the cooling line and configured to circulate the cooling medium through the cooling line; a cooling controller that controls an operating state of the cooling pump on the basis of the temperature of the fuel cell or the cooling medium; and a power generation controller that limits power generation of the fuel cell on the basis of the operating state of the cooling pump.

Abstract: A device for controlling compensation for an air flow rate upon discharge of hydrogen off-gas and a method for controlling compensation for an air flow rate using the same is an air flow rate control device configured to control a flow rate of air supplied to a fuel cell cathode through an air supply unit of a fuel cell system, wherein the air flow rate control device is configured to determine whether a fuel discharge valve of the fuel cell system is opened and determine a fuel diffusion amount per unit time, wherein the fuel diffusion amount corresponds to an amount of the hydrogen off-gas discharged through the fuel discharge valve and diffused into an air supply unit through a humidifier, and compensate a target air flow rate depending on an oxygen concentration reduction proportion, determined according to the determined fuel diffusion amount per unit time and flow rate information of the air supply unit.

Abstract: Introduced are an apparatus for correcting an offset of a pressure sensor in a fuel cell system including a first pressure sensor and a second pressure sensor, which are installed between a rear end of a fuel supply valve of a hydrogen supply system and an anode inlet, and a method of correcting an offset using the same. The apparatus includes an offset corrector that calculates offsets between the sensors from a condition of same pressure of each of the sensors and corrects offsets with respect to the first pressure sensor and the second pressure sensor using the calculated offsets.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for controlling driving of a vehicle are provided and the apparatus includes a lamp that projects a lamp light onto one of a left floor surface or a right floor surface of the vehicle, a camera that obtains an image of an area onto which the lamp light is projected, and a controller that determines whether to output a warning based on the image of the area onto which the lamp light is projected when the lamp light is projected onto a boundary stone located around at least one of the left floor surface or the right floor surface of the vehicle.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of recovering performance of a fuel cell stack in a fuel cell system of a vehicle. The method includes determining whether the fuel cell stack is in a state in which a stack performance recovery operation is possible based on information collected from the vehicle using a predetermined stack state determination criterion, determining whether the vehicle is in a state in which the stack performance recovery operation is possible based on operation information of a fuel cell system, and performing the stack performance recovery operation upon determining that the fuel cell stack is in the state in which the stack performance recovery operation is possible and that the vehicle is in the state in which the stack performance recovery operation is possible.

Abstract: An operation controller of a fuel cell and an operation control method thereof in a system for generating a drive output through a fuel cell and a battery includes a processor for selectively performing a driving stop control of the fuel cell through an operation variable including a required drive output and a load weight.

Abstract: A method of automatically distinguishing absorption or non-absorption of whole blood or blood plasma by using a reflective photosensor in an automatic immunoassay device including a round cartridge which may simultaneously perform the centrifugation and automatic analysis of a blood sample and a tip which may be moved up, down, left and right based on the round cartridge, the method includes: installing the reflective photosensor below the round cartridge; mounting the tip above the round cartridge, and continuously measuring blood non-absorption data in a range including a position where the blood is absorbed by using the reflective photosensor, collecting the measured data and storing the collected data while the tip is raised; continuously measuring blood absorption data by using the reflective photosensor while the tip is lowered and absorbs the blood present in the range including the position where the blood is absorbed from the round cartridge; and determining whether a type of the blood is whole blood

Abstract: A camera module includes a housing, a reflective member positioned in the housing and changing a direction of light to a direction of an optical axis, a carrier carrying the reflective member and rotatable about a first axis with respect to the housing, and a first ball group disposed between the housing and the carrier, wherein the first ball group includes a main ball member providing the first axis of the carrier, and an auxiliary ball member disposed away from the first axis, and one or both of the housing and the carrier partially accommodates the auxiliary ball member, and includes an auxiliary guide groove extended in a circumferential direction of the first axis.

Abstract: An actuator for a camera includes a housing having an inner space, a base and a carrier, disposed in the housing in one direction, a first drive unit generating driving forces in a first direction perpendicular to the one direction and a second direction perpendicular to both the one direction and the first direction, and including a plurality of magnets and a plurality of coils, and a second drive unit generating a driving force in the one direction, and including a magnet and a coil, wherein an optical member is disposed on the carrier, wherein the carrier and the base are configured to be moved together in the first direction and the second direction, and wherein the carrier is configured to be moved relative to the base in the one direction.

Abstract: A reflective module assembly include a housing having an internal space, a first reflective module provided in the housing to change a path of incident light, and a second reflective module provided in the housing to change a path of light emitted from the first reflective module. The first reflective module includes a first reflective member rotatable about a first axis formed by at least two first ball members. The second reflective module includes a second reflective member rotatable about a second axis, perpendicular to the first axis and passing through a rotation axis ball provided at the second reflective module.

Abstract: A camera module includes a housing having an internal space, and a first lens module and a second lens module disposed in the internal space and each configured to be movable in an optical axis direction, wherein a first shaft and a first ball member are disposed between the first lens module and the housing, wherein a second shaft and a second ball member are disposed between the second lens module and the housing, and wherein, when moving in the optical axis direction, rolling friction occurs on one of both sides of each lens module, and sliding friction occurs on the other of both sides.

Abstract: Disclosed are a system and a method for fuel supply control for a fuel cell. The system includes a fuel supply line, a fuel supply valve, a base duty calculator configured to estimate a required supply amount of a fuel gas required for the fuel supply line on the basis of a power generation state of the fuel cell and to calculate a base duty instruction to open the fuel supply valve on the basis of the estimated required supply amount, and a valve controller.

Abstract: A control system and method for preventing a fuel cell from overheating are disclosed. The system includes: a fuel cell that generates electric power through reaction of fuel gas and oxidation gas; a cooling line in which a cooling medium flows and performs heat exchange with the fuel cell; a cooling pump installed on the cooling line and configured to circulate the cooling medium through the cooling line; a cooling controller that controls an operating state of the cooling pump on the basis of the temperature of the fuel cell or the cooling medium; and a power generation controller that limits power generation of the fuel cell on the basis of the operating state of the cooling pump.

Abstract: Proposed are a fuel cell system and a method of controlling the fuel cell system. The fuel cell system includes: a hydrogen supply unit connected to a hydrogen inlet side of a fuel cell stack, with a supply valve and a sensor being provided in the hydrogen supply unit; a hydrogen discharge unit connected to a hydrogen outlet side of the fuel cell stack, with a water trap and a purge valve being provided in the hydrogen discharge unit; and a controller configured to calculate an amount of hydrogen discharged through the purge valve from an amount of hydrogen supplied to the fuel cell stack and an amount of hydrogen consumed therein, and to perform compensation control of the supply valve when the amount of the discharged hydrogen is at or above a reference value.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and a method for controlling a concentration of exhaust hydrogen in a fuel cell system. The apparatus may include an air exhaust valve for discharging hydrogen from a cathode in a fuel cell stack to an outside environment through an air exhaust line, an air compressor for supplying ambient air to the air exhaust line, an air cut-off valve for blocking air supplied to the cathode, and a controller that opens the air exhaust valve and drives the air compressor when starting to supply hydrogen to the fuel cell stack, and opens the air cut-off valve such that a concentration of the hydrogen discharged from the cathode is reduced by air in the air exhaust line when the hydrogen supply is completed.

Abstract: A method for controlling an output of a fuel cell stack is provided. The method includes calculating a total requirement current value to be output from a plurality of fuel cell stacks in a fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) including the plurality of fuel cell stacks. The calculated total requirement current value is then allocated to each fuel cell stack based on a voltage of the fuel cell stack.