US 12,151,607 B2
Vehicle including electric motor and method of controlling brake lamp for the same
Hui Un Son, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Sang Joon Kim, Seoul (KR); Kyu Hwan Jo, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Sung Bae Jeon, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Sung Hoon Yu, Gyeonggi-Do (KR); Joo Young Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Jin Kyeom Cho, Gyeonggi-do (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 Nov. 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/500,450.
Application 18/500,450 is a continuation of application No. 16/921,121, filed on Jul. 6, 2020, granted, now 11,833,960.
Prior Publication US 2024/0067079 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60Q 1/44 (2006.01); B60L 7/18 (2006.01); B60Q 11/00 (2006.01); B60T 7/04 (2006.01)
CPC B60Q 1/441 (2013.01) [B60L 7/18 (2013.01); B60Q 11/005 (2013.01); B60T 7/042 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of controlling a brake lamp of a vehicle including an electric motor as a power source, comprising:
determining, by a controller, whether a deceleration of the vehicle falls within a hysteresis region between an off threshold as a reference for turning off a brake lamp and an on threshold as a reference for turning on the brake lamp;
determining, by the controller, a state of the brake lamp being turned on or off before or while the deceleration of the vehicle is in the hysteresis region; and
setting or resetting, by the controller, a request for turning on the brake lamp for a regenerative brake based on the determined state of the brake lamp being turned on or off.