US 12,392,759 B2
Moving object and control method for the same
Tae Hee Lee, Yongin-si (KR); and Dae Un Sung, Incheon (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Dec. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/065,037.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0189298 (KR), filed on Dec. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0204557 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. G01N 33/00 (2006.01); G01N 1/22 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2024.01)
CPC G01N 33/0073 (2013.01) [G01N 1/2273 (2013.01); G05D 1/0094 (2013.01); G05D 1/0212 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A moving object comprising:
a body;
a driving unit;
an odor sensing module disposed in the body, the odor sensing module comprising a plurality of gas sensors; and
a control unit configured to determine an odor using an output value of each of the gas sensors, to determine a movement direction based on a change in concentration of the odor, and to control the driving unit to move the body in the determined movement direction, wherein the movement direction of the body is determined based on geographical information in response to determining that there is no change in the concentration of the odor.