Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120029743 | Shift Control System Of Hybrid Vehicle With Automatic Transmission And Method Thereof - A shift control system of a hybrid vehicle with an automatic transmission may include a fuzzy function calculator that receives an accel position sensor (APS) signal that may be an input variable, and outputs a severity value by determining a driver's driving severity value through a plurality of fuzzy rules including a fuzzy function for the APS signal, a sporty degree calculator that may be electrically connected with the fuzzy function calculator and determines a sporty degree corresponding to the severity value, and a mode determiner that may be electrically connected with the sporty degree calculator and determines whether an engine operates in accordance with the sporty degree. | 02-02-2012 |
20150159749 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF CONTROLLING SHIFT FOR VEHICLE - A method and a system of controlling shift for a vehicle may include an accelerator pedal position sensor detecting a position of an accelerator pedal, a vehicle speed sensor detecting vehicle speed, a navigation device configured to provide road information including gradient and radius of curvature of a road, and a controller receiving information on input variables including the position of the accelerator pedal and the vehicle speed from the accelerator pedal position sensor and the vehicle speed sensor, determining a short term driving tendency factor of a driver and target shift-speed based on the information, receiving information on the radius of curvature of a front road from the navigation device, determining adjusted shift-speed based on the short term driving tendency factor, the radius of curvature of the front road, and the target shift-speed, and controlling the shift to the adjusted shift-speed. | 06-11-2015 |
20150284007 | APPARATUS AND METHOD ESTIMATING ROAD SLOPE OF VEHICLE - A method of estimating road slope of a vehicle may include determining an offset value of a gravitational acceleration sensor, determining a driving distance in a longitudinal direction of the gravitational acceleration sensor, comparing a difference between a driving distance and the driving distance in the longitudinal direction of the gravitational acceleration sensor with a predetermined value, estimating a road slope by using either a driving torque or the gravitational acceleration sensor based on a result of the comparison, and controlling a shift of the vehicle according to the estimated road slope. | 10-08-2015 |
20150291176 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF ESTIMATING ROAD SLOPE BY USING GRAVITATIONAL ACCELERATION SENSOR - An apparatus for estimating road slope by using a gravitational acceleration sensor may include a data detector configured to detect data for estimating road slope, a navigation device configured to output road information according to a location of a vehicle, and a controller configured to correct an error of the gravitational acceleration sensor by using an altitude value detected by the data detector and a current altitude of the vehicle according to the road information received from the navigation device. | 10-15-2015 |
20160039425 | METHOD OF DETERMINING DRIVING TENDENCY AND SYSTEM OF CONTROLLING SHIFT USING THE SAME - A method of determining a driving tendency and a system of controlling shift using the same are disclosed. A system of controlling shift for a vehicle may include: a data detector detecting data for a shift control; and a controller determining a short term driving tendency index and a long term driving tendency index, and controlling an engine or a transmission according to the long term driving tendency index, wherein the controller determines the short term driving tendency when an accelerator pedal position reaches a predetermined position value while the vehicle is coasting. | 02-11-2016 |
20160046286 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING VEHICLE USING TURNING DEGREE - A system and a method of controlling a vehicle using a turning degree are disclosed. The method includes detecting input variables including a driving input variable and a turning input variable and calculating a driving tendency index based on the driving input variable. A turning degree related to the number of consecutive turnings is calculated based on the turning input variable and then the vehicle is operated based on the driving tendency index and the turning degree. | 02-18-2016 |
20160082970 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SHIFT FOR VEHICLE - A system of controlling shift for a vehicle may include a data detector configured to detect data for a shift control; a road shape determiner configured to determine a road shape of an inclined road based on the data; an engine brake tendency determiner configured to determine an engine brake operating tendency of a driver based on the data; and an engine brake operating stage determiner configured to determine an engine brake operating stage based on the road slope and the engine brake operating tendency of the driver, wherein the system controls the shift according to the engine brake operating stage determined by the engine brake operating determiner. | 03-24-2016 |
20160084373 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING STARTING TENDENCY OF DRIVER - A system of determining starting tendency of a driver may include: a vehicle speed sensor detecting a vehicle speed an accelerator pedal position sensor detecting an accelerator pedal position, and a controller receiving information on input variables including the accelerator pedal position, the vehicle speed from the accelerator pedal position sensor or the vehicle speed sensor, determining a short term driving tendency, a long term driving tendency, and a starting tendency of the driver based on the information, and controlling an engine or a transmission according to the short term driving tendency, the long term driving tendency, and the starting tendency, in which the controller continuously determines the short term driving tendency of the driver for a predetermined time and determines the starting tendency of the driver from a predetermined number (n) of the short term driving tendencies of the driver. | 03-24-2016 |