US 11,685,365 B2
Apparatus and method for controlling vehicle
Jong-Sok Kim, Hwaseong-si (KR); Byung Kwan Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Woosuk Kim, Hwaseong-si (KR); Min Sung Eo, Anyang-si (KR); Hyunwoong Cho, Seoul (KR); and Sungdo Choi, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Aug. 11, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/990,206.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0116689 (KR), filed on Sep. 23, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0086754 A1, Mar. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. B60W 30/02 (2012.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G01S 13/89 (2006.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01)
CPC B60W 30/02 (2013.01) [B60W 40/08 (2013.01); G01S 13/89 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); B60W 2040/0809 (2013.01); B60W 2040/0872 (2013.01); B60W 2420/40 (2013.01); B60W 2420/42 (2013.01); B60W 2540/221 (2020.02); B60W 2540/225 (2020.02); B60W 2540/227 (2020.02); B60W 2556/45 (2020.02)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control apparatus comprising:
a Wi-Fi communication module;
a processor;
a controller configured to control a component of a vehicle; and
a memory,
wherein the memory stores at least one piece of position information corresponding to a position in the vehicle, and at least one registered pattern of a registration hand shape or a registration condition,
the Wi-Fi communication module is configured to transmit a transmission signal to the position corresponding to the at least one piece of position information according to a Wi-Fi communication protocol at a preset frequency, and receive a reflection signal reflected from an object in response to the transmission signal,
the processor is configured to acquire an input pattern of a hand shape or a condition of the object by analyzing the reflection signal, and retrieve a registered pattern matching the input pattern from the at least one registered pattern, and
the controller is configured to control the component of the vehicle according to an instruction corresponding to the retrieved registered pattern,
wherein in response to the position information corresponding to a driver's seal, the instruction is selected from a group including an instruction of a driving function-related component of the vehicle, and an instruction of a convenience function-related component of the vehicle.