Abstract: There is provided a method for merging data frames performed by a data frame merge device for a vehicle network system. The method comprises receiving a plurality of control data frames from a lower level of the vehicle network system; and merging the plurality of control data frames for a preset standby time in a traffic section in which the plurality of the control data frames are not transmitted to a higher level of the vehicle network system.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus for generating a training data. The apparatus comprises a memory storing instructions; and a processor executing the instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: prepare 3D graphic road environment data required for rendering of 3D graphic road environment including a road and at least one object moving on the road, and set a photographing environment of a camera capturing the road and the at least one object moving on the road within the rendered 3D graphic road environment, generate a virtual captured image obtained by capturing the road and the at least one object moving on the road in the 3D graphic road environment based on information on the photographing environment of the camera, and extract training ground truth data from the virtual captured image to generate the training data including the virtual captured image and the training ground truth data.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus for controlling a permanent magnet synchronous motor in a permanent magnet synchronous motor system. The apparatus comprises a disturbance observation circuit unit configured to estimate concentrated disturbance of the permanent magnet synchronous motor using a nonlinear observation gain function; and a sliding mode controller configured to control the permanent magnet synchronous motor by reflecting the estimated concentrated disturbance in a position-current single-loop control in which back-stepping control and sliding mode control are integrated.

Abstract: There is provided a device for controlling an automatic checkout system. The device comprises a storage medium configured to store a product detection model trained based on training images in which parameters of a plurality of sample images are manipulated and one or more commands; and a processor configured to execute the one or more commands stored in the storage medium, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: sequentially load a plurality of frame images, input the plurality of loaded frame images into the product detection model, detect at least one product from each of the plurality of frame images, track at least one product detected in each frame image, and count at least one product detected based on a tracking result.

Abstract: There is provided a gateway device. The gateway device comprises a communication unit configured to transmit and receive ethernet frames including a plurality of ethernet data, a memory configured to store instructions; and a processor configured to execute the instructions stored in the memory, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to check priority information on each ethernet data included in the ethernet frames, and control a transmission order of the first ethernet frame with the highest priority, a transmission order of the second ethernet frame with the priority lower than that of the first ethernet frame among ethernet frames, a transmission cycle of the second ethernet frame, and whether to perform preemption of the second ethernet frame based on the priority information.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a determining method performed by a determining device, the method comprising: acquiring an image; extracting a first feature point from the image; matching the first feature point of an object included in the image with a second feature point of a template by comparing the extracted first feature point with the second feature point within the template in which the second feature point for a predetermined object is previously stored; and determining a rotation angle of the object included in the image by comparing angle information of the first feature point with angle information of the second feature point.

Abstract: A device for reprogramming an electronic control unit (ECU) is configured to store controller area network (CAN) frames in a temporary storage medium, transmit the CAN frames to a main storage medium when the temporary storage medium receives a certain capacity, and minimize the time required for reprogramming. The device for reprogramming the ECU may be linked to an artificial intelligence module, a robot, an augmented reality (AR) device, a virtual reality (VR) device, and a device related to 5G service.

Abstract: A method of predicting traffic information includes receiving a road image photographed by a vehicle that is moved on a road, and detecting an object for the vehicle from a plurality of frames included in the road image; tracking the object detected in the plurality of frames; checking a movement trajectory of the tracked object, and checking a movement direction corresponding to the movement trajectory of the object; and checking a number of vehicles for each movement direction on the basis of the checked movement direction.

Abstract: Provided is an object detection method using template matching. The method includes a step of specifying a template image of an object that is to be detected in an input image and generating a descriptor of the specified template image, an image pyramid generation step of converting a scale of the input image and generating image patches, a step of determining a rotation angle of the input image, a step of generating a descriptor of the generated image patches based on the determined rotation angle, and a step of matching the descriptor of the specified template image and the descriptor of the generated image patches, thus detecting the object that is to be detected. Therefore, it is possible to detect an object in real time without being limited by the size, angle, type, etc. of the object that is to be detected.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system for reprogramming an electronic control unit (ECU). The system for reprogramming an ECU according to the present disclosure preferentially stores controller area network (CAN) frames in a temporary storage medium, transmits the CAN frames to a main storage medium when the temporary storage medium receives a certain capacity, and minimizes the time required for reprogramming. The system for reprogramming an ECU according to the present disclosure can be linked to an artificial intelligence module, a robot, an augmented reality (AR) device, a virtual reality (VR) device, and a device related to 5G service.

Abstract: A method for providing an omnidirectional image of the surroundings of a vehicle including distance information comprises a plurality of mono cameras placed at different positions of a vehicle's obtaining a plurality of images with different field of views; an image processing device disposed in the vehicle's combining the plurality of images into an omnidirectional image showing the surroundings of the vehicle; the image processing device's selecting two images with overlapping regions from among the plurality of images and generating a stereo image for the overlapping region by using the two images; a display device disposed in the vehicle displaying an omnidirectional image and displaying information about objects recognized through the stereo image.

Abstract: A time synchronization slave apparatus and a method of determining a time synchronization period are disclosed. In the apparatus, a time synchronization processing unit performs a time synchronization operation and determines an offset and a rate used to correct local time error based on a calculated time error, a timer corrects the local time based on the determined offset and rate, a time error estimation unit estimates a time error in the local time during a present time synchronization period, and generates excess error information regarding an excess point at which the estimated time error exceeds a threshold allowable time error range, a time synchronization period determination unit determines a subsequent time synchronization period based on the excess error information, and a synchronization period information transmission unit transmits synchronization period information regarding the subsequent time synchronization period to a time synchronization master apparatus.

Abstract: A method of determining an angle by an encoder includes generating a first angle data based on a rotation of a bipolar magnet and a second angle data based on a rotation of the multipolar magnet; determining a first waveform signal based on the first angle data and a second waveform signal based on the second angle data; converting the first waveform signal into a third waveform signal having a cycle similar to the second waveform signal; calculating an angle result value as a function of the second angle data and a determined value about a location of a rotation cycle of the multipolar magnet based on a difference between the second waveform signal and the third waveform signal; and determining an absolute angle corresponding to the calculated angle result value based on stored angle data.

Abstract: A method of determining an angle by an encoder includes generating a first angle data based on a rotation of a bipolar magnet and a second angle data based on a rotation of the multipolar magnet; determining a first waveform signal based on the first angle data and a second waveform signal based on the second angle data; converting the first waveform signal into a third waveform signal having a cycle similar to the second waveform signal; calculating an angle result value as a function of the second angle data and a determined value about a location of a rotation cycle of the multipolar magnet based on a difference between the second waveform signal and the third waveform signal; and determining an absolute angle corresponding to the calculated angle result value based on stored angle data.

Abstract: A method for providing an omnidirectional image of the surroundings of a vehicle including distance information comprises a plurality of mono cameras placed at different positions of a vehicle's obtaining a plurality of images with different field of views; an image processing device disposed in the vehicle's combining the plurality of images into an omnidirectional image showing the surroundings of the vehicle; the image processing device's selecting two images with overlapping regions from among the plurality of images and generating a stereo image for the overlapping region by using the two images; a display device disposed in the vehicle displaying an omnidirectional image and displaying information about objects recognized through the stereo image.

Abstract: A gateway apparatus includes a first network controller, a second network controller, and a time synchronization control unit. The first network controller has a first timer time-synchronized with nodes within a first network domain. The second network controller has a second timer time-synchronized with nodes within a second network domain. The time synchronization control unit includes a processor configured to store the observed times of the switching points of synchronized time slots within the first network domain, based on system time within the second network domain, and adjusts the rate of the second timer based on a comparison of a time difference between the successive observed times and a nominal length of the time slots.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for diagnosing actuators in a vehicle can improve accuracy and reliability of a failure diagnosis by allowing a diagnostic control apparatus in a vehicle to measure power data and implementing a fast diagnosis by reducing a separation time and a diagnosis time of a measurement apparatus.

Abstract: An Ethernet based vehicle network message transferring system is provided that includes a gateway switch that connects the Ethernet to vehicle networks having different protocols and an Ethernet switch that switches Ethernet messages between the gateway switch and vehicle devices to transfer the Ethernet messages. The Ethernet switch includes a processing module that transfers the Ethernet messages received via the gateway switch in the different vehicle networks, a vehicle network process module that switches the messages transferred from the processing module, and a lookup table in which information necessary for switching the vehicle network process module is stored.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for diagnosing actuators in a vehicle can improve accuracy and reliability of a failure diagnosis by allowing a diagnostic control apparatus in a vehicle to measure power data and implementing a fast diagnosis by reducing a separation time and a diagnosis time of a measurement apparatus.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of managing the path of an OSEK network. The method of managing the path of an OSEK network includes step S1 at which a message is transferred along nodes of the OSEK network; step S2 at which a failed node at which a network failure has occurred is detected while the message is being transferred at step S1; step S3 at which the failed node of step S2 is eliminated from the overall network; and step S4 at which the message is transferred from a source node that has transferred the message to the failed node of step S2 to a target node to which the failed node will transfer the message by connecting the source node with the target node.