Abstract: Disclosed is a collection net for restricting leakage current of an underwater motor implemented to restrict inflow of leakage current leaking from phase voltage lines of a three-phase power cable connected to the underwater motor into the human body by increasing the area of a neutral line of the three-phase power cable configured to apply power to the underwater motor, so as to prevent electrical shock accidents.

Abstract: Disclosed is a jack connection-type electrical connector with a leakage current restriction function implemented to restrict leakage current by increasing the area of a neutral line terminal of the electrical connector for branching power supplied from a power system to a load, so as to prevent electrical shock accidents.

Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for controlling a vehicle seat so as to control a seat back and a neck pillow based on a sound. The apparatus includes the vehicle seat installed in a vehicle and including a seat back and a neck pillow, a detector for detecting vehicle information and seat information, and a processor connected to the vehicle seat and the detector, wherein the processor determines a vehicle state and a seat sitting posture based on the vehicle information and the seat information, analyzes a sound being reproduced in the vehicle, determines a haptic pattern and a haptic pressure based on the vehicle state and the seat sitting posture, and the analysis of the sound, and controls the seat back and the neck pillow based on the determined haptic pattern and haptic pressure to provide a haptic effect.

Abstract: A system and a method for controlling sound output in a vehicle can enhance driving sensitivity. The system includes a sensing device that obtains vehicle information of the vehicle, a sound device that plays and outputs a vehicle sound through speakers, a seat device that controls seat vibration based on the vehicle sound, and a control device connected with the sensing device, the sound device, and the seat device. The control device determines a driving mode of the vehicle based on the vehicle information, performs sound shift control for the speakers based on the driving mode, and controls the seat vibration in conjunction with the sound shift control.

Abstract: A personal information protection method includes a first step comprising rooting a victim's device where digital hacking has occurred to obtain administrator privileges, and installing a dedicated application software on the victim's device; a second step comprising analyzing the packet information of the malware installed on the victim's device to extract information about the attacking server; a third step comprising analyzing the actual data stored on the victim's device to continuously generate fake data (such as contacts, names, email addresses, and various images) in the same or similar format as the actual data and storing the fake data on the victim's device; a fourth step comprising ensuring that the fake data is continuously transmitted from the victim's device to the attacking server, thereby preventing the attacking server from identifying the victim's personal information.

Abstract: A virtual sound provision apparatus for an electric vehicle includes a driving information detector configured to detect vehicle driving information for outputting a virtual driving sound, a microphone configured to detect an actual driving sound generated from the electric vehicle, a controller configured to determine a characteristic of a target sound based on an acceleration and deceleration driving pattern of a driver from an accelerator pedal input value and a brake pedal input value of the driver, and generating and outputting a sound control signal for outputting the virtual driving sound having the characteristic of the target sound based on the determined characteristic information of the target sound and characteristic information of the actual driving sound, and a sound device configured to output a virtual engine sound that simulates an engine sound from the electric vehicle at the time of acceleration and deceleration according to the sound control signal.

Abstract: A sound generation apparatus for an electrification vehicle and a method of use thereof are provided. In example embodiments, the sound generation apparatus receives driving information, determines a driving situation based on the driving information, designs an acceleration sound when the driving situation is determined as an acceleration situation, or designs a cornering sound when the driving situation is determined as a cornering situation, and plays and outputs the acceleration sound or the cornering sound.

Abstract: A method of generating a tire slip sound is capable of producing a virtual tire slip sound in a driving situation in which tire slip may occur during vehicle driving. The method includes collecting vehicle driving information while a vehicle is traveling; determining a characteristic of a virtual tire slip sound based on the collected vehicle driving information; generating and outputting a tire slip signal for generating and outputting the virtual tire slip sound according to the determined characteristic; and operating sound equipment of the vehicle according to the tire slip signal output from the controller to generate and output the virtual tire slip sound according to a vehicle driving state.

Abstract: A method of generating a tire slip sound is capable of producing a virtual tire slip sound in a driving situation in which tire slip may occur during vehicle driving. The method includes collecting vehicle driving information while a vehicle is traveling; determining a characteristic of a virtual tire slip sound based on the collected vehicle driving information; generating and outputting a tire slip signal for generating and outputting the virtual tire slip sound according to the determined characteristic; and operating sound equipment of the vehicle according to the tire slip signal output from the controller to generate and output the virtual tire slip sound according to a vehicle driving state.

Abstract: An emotion adjustment system for determining a user's emotions based on a user's voice includes: a microphone configured to receive the user's voice; a controller configured to extract a plurality of sound quality factors in response to processing the user's voice, calculate a depression index of the user based on at least one sound quality factor among the plurality of sound quality factors, identify an emotional state of the user as a depressive state when the depression index is a preset value or more, determine the depressive state as a first state or a second state based on a correlation between at least two sound quality factors among the plurality of sound quality factors, and transmit a control command corresponding to the emotional state of the user identified as the first state or the second state; and a feedback device configured to perform an operation corresponding to the control command.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for caring emotion of a driver based on a vehicle sound, may include a detector configured to detect driving information of the vehicle and body information of a user, a non-transitory storage to store instructions, and a processor to execute the instructions. The processor determines an emotional status of the driver by use of at least one of the driving information or the body information, to generate a healing sound by designing a virtual sound based on the driving information and the emotional status of the driver, and to generate and output the healing sound.

Abstract: A 5G or pre-5G communication system is provided to support higher data transmission rates after 4G communication systems such as LTE. To support communication of a terminal that dually accesses a first radio access technology (RAT) communication system and a second RAT communication system, a session generation request message for transmitting traffic is received from a terminal. A target communication system that is to generate a data path with respect to the traffic from the first RAT communication system and the second RAT communication system is determined, the data path for the target communication system is configured, and information about the configured data path is transmitted to the terminal.

Abstract: An active sound design (ASD) tuning device and a method thereof may include an ASD device that generates a virtual engine sound for each vehicle situation and a control device that outputs a composite sound by correcting and synthesizing the virtual engine sound and an internal sound measured for each vehicle situation based on a binaural vehicle impulse response (BVIR).

Abstract: A system for generating a virtual engine sound may include a server having information on at least one review of the virtual engine sound, and a virtual engine sound generator to generate “my sound” by tuning the virtual engine sound based on information on customized design settings, to update a preset driver emotion model for each emotion evaluation area of the virtual engine sound, based on the information on the at least one review of the virtual engine sound, which is received from the server, and to update the virtual engine sound based on the “my sound” and the driver emotion model updated for each emotion evaluation area.

Abstract: Disclosed is a sound design method for overcoming sense of difference when there is no virtual sound while an auto cruise control is activated. The method includes determining whether an accelerator pedal is actuated; upon determining that the accelerator pedal is not actuated, determining whether an auto cruise control system is operating; upon determining whether the auto cruise control system is operating, classifying a vehicle speed-based order component from a driving sound; and reproducing a speed sensitive virtual sound based on the classified vehicle speed-based order component.

Abstract: A method of virtualizing the characteristics of an internal-combustion-engine vehicle in an electric vehicle includes: receiving vehicle driving information of the electric vehicle at a controller, determining a current vehicle driving mode based on the input vehicle driving information by the controller, determining a virtual engine speed in the determined vehicle driving mode using the vehicle driving information by the controller, outputting a control signal for virtualizing characteristics of an internal-combustion-engine (ICE) driving system corresponding to a current vehicle driving mode based on the determined virtual engine speed by the controller, and virtualizing the characteristics of the ICE driving system corresponding to the current vehicle driving mode by controlling an operation of a virtualization device according to the output control signal by the controller.

Abstract: A method of providing virtual sound in an electric vehicle, includes: collecting vehicle driving information for outputting the virtual sound; determining characteristics of the virtual sound based on the collected vehicle driving information; generating a virtual effect signal for outputting the virtual sound, based on the determined characteristics; generating a sound signal containing the characteristics, based on the virtual effect signal; collecting the generated sound signal to obtain a final sound signal corresponding to a vehicle rating selected according to setting information based on the preset vehicle rating and a sound correction algorithm; and outputting the virtual sound corresponding to the selected vehicle rating, according to the final sound signal.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for generating a virtual sound to generate the virtual sound depending on a driving condition of a vehicle are provided. The apparatus comprises a detection device configured to detect vehicle environment data, a sound output device configured to play and output a virtual sound, and a processing device connected with the detection device and the sound output device. The processing device is configured to generate the virtual sound using the vehicle environment data and a big data-based sound database in a zero to hundred condition and controls the sound output device to play the generated virtual sound.

Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for controlling a vehicle seat so as to control a seat back and a neck pillow based on a sound. The apparatus includes the vehicle seat installed in a vehicle and including a seat back and a neck pillow, a detector for detecting vehicle information and seat information, and a processor connected to the vehicle seat and the detector, wherein the processor determines a vehicle state and a seat sitting posture based on the vehicle information and the seat information, analyzes a sound being reproduced in the vehicle, determines a haptic pattern and a haptic pressure based on the vehicle state and the seat sitting posture, and the analysis of the sound, and controls the seat back and the neck pillow based on the determined haptic pattern and haptic pressure to provide a haptic effect.

Abstract: Disclosed is a sound design method for overcoming sense of difference when there is no virtual sound while an auto cruise control is activated. The method includes determining whether an accelerator pedal is actuated; upon determining that the accelerator pedal is not actuated, determining whether an auto cruise control system is operating; upon determining whether the auto cruise control system is operating, classifying a vehicle speed-based order component from a driving sound; and reproducing a speed sensitive virtual sound based on the classified vehicle speed-based order component.