US 12,296,646 B2
Vehicle control apparatus for safety of a vehicle occupant, a vehicle system including the same and method thereof
Seul Ki Jeon, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Eung Hwan Kim, Seoul (KR); Eui Wan Jeong, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Ihn Won Choi, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Hwang Cheol Ryu, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Nikolay Olyunin, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR); and LS Automotive Technologies Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR); and LS Automotive Technologies Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed on Oct. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/971,198.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0184312 (KR), filed on Dec. 21, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0191874 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. B60H 1/00 (2006.01); B60R 21/00 (2006.01); B60R 21/01 (2006.01); B60R 21/015 (2006.01); G01S 13/06 (2006.01); G01S 13/56 (2006.01); G08B 21/02 (2006.01); G08B 21/22 (2006.01); G08B 21/24 (2006.01)
CPC B60H 1/00742 (2013.01) [B60H 1/00021 (2013.01); B60R 21/01542 (2014.10); G01S 13/06 (2013.01); G01S 13/56 (2013.01); G08B 21/02 (2013.01); G08B 21/22 (2013.01); G08B 21/24 (2013.01); B60H 2001/00114 (2013.01); B60H 2001/0015 (2013.01); B60R 2021/0032 (2013.01); B60R 2021/006 (2013.01); B60R 2021/01211 (2013.01); B60R 2021/01265 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle control apparatus, comprising:
a processor configured to recognize occupant information related to occupants in a vehicle using a radar, and to generate information for air conditioning control and airbag control depending on the occupant information; and
a communication device configured to transmit the occupant information for the air conditioning control and the airbag control, depending on the occupant information, to an air conditioning control device and an airbag control device;
wherein, when the types of occupants include an infant or a child, the processor is further configured to interwork with the air conditioning control device to set a wind strength of an outlet at a seat side where the infant or the child is positioned to a super breeze, the super breeze being a wind strength less than a predetermined first reference value.
 
15. A vehicle system, comprising:
an air conditioning control device configured to control air conditioning of a vehicle;
an airbag control device configured to control airbag deployment of the vehicle; and
a vehicle control apparatus configured to:
recognize occupant information related to occupants in the vehicle using a radar,
generate information for air conditioning control and airbag control depending on the occupant information; and
transmit the occupant information to the air conditioning control device and the airbag control device;
wherein, when the type of occupants include an infant or a child, the vehicle control apparatus is further configured to interwork with the air conditioning control device to set a wind strength of an outlet at a seat side where the infant or the child is positioned to a super breeze, the super breeze being a wind strength less than a predetermined first reference value.
 
17. A vehicle control method, comprising:
recognizing, by one or more processors, occupant information related to occupants in a vehicle using a radar;
generating, by one or more processors, information for air conditioning control and airbag control depending on the occupant information; and
transmitting, by one or more processors, the information for the air conditioning control and the airbag control depending on the occupant information to an air conditioning control device and an airbag control device;
wherein, when the type of occupants include an infant or a child, the one or more processors is further configured to interwork with the air conditioning control device to set a wind strength of an outlet at a seat side where the infant or the child is positioned to a super breeze, the super breeze being a wind strength less than a predetermined first reference value.