Kia

An inverter apparatus includes a capacitor to which DC voltage is applied, a power module that converts voltage of the capacitor into AC voltage through a switching element, a micro controller unit (MCU) that controls the power module, a resistor network including a plurality of resistor sets connected in series, and a board on which the MCU and the resistor network are mounted. Each of the resistor sets may include a plurality of resistors connected in parallel. The resistor network may be electrically connected between the capacitor and the power module.

A mobility device, typically a remotely piloted aircraft, includes a memory storing at least one instruction and at least one processor that executes the at least one instruction to perform operations. The operations comprise determining whether to perform a handover process of a control authority ownership of the mobility device to another remotely pilot station based on communication strength between a first remotely pilot station and the mobility device, transmitting, based on a determination to perform the handover process, a communication request signal to a plurality of remotely pilot stations, and performing, based on a control authority handover start command being received from the first remotely pilot station, the handover process with a second remotely pilot station.

A for operating multiple communication links of a mobility device can include a remotely pilot station that transmits each data packet via at least two communication links of the multiple communication links and the mobility device. The mobility device is configured to: based on a state of the transmitted each data packet, detect a loss link in which a loss occurs among the at least two communication links, determine whether the detected loss link is identical to a previously selected initial link, and, based on a determination that the loss link and the initial link are identical, select a next-priority link different from the initial link among the multiple communication links.

An apparatus for pre-diagnosing safety of a battery of a vehicle includes a memory configured to store computer-readable instructions and a processor configured to execute the computer-readable instructions. The processor is configured to determine a first voltage and a second voltage for each cell, among a plurality of cells of the battery, during parking of the vehicle. The processor is also configured to determine short circuit resistance for each cell, among the plurality of cells, based on the first voltage and the second voltage determined for each cell. The processor is further configured to determine whether there is a micro short circuit of each cell, among the plurality of cells, based on a comparison between the short circuit resistance determined for each cell and a threshold.

A wireless charging for charging a battery by controlling a PFC circuit, a DC-DC converter, and an IPT device sequentially connected, includes: a battery charging controller configured to receive a battery voltage value and a current value of the battery, which are sensed through a battery voltage and current sensor, and generate a charging control signal based on the received voltage value and current value; a PFC controller configured to control switching operations of the PFC so as to adjust a direct-current bus voltage supplied to the DC-DC converter based on the charging control signal, and output a converter operation enable signal; and a converter controller configured to control switching of the DC-DC converter based on the converter operation enable signal and the charging control signal, thereby guaranteeing stable and efficient battery charging regardless of positional errors and matching variations between the transmission and reception coils.

A battery storage casing includes a lower surface part (100) configured to define a lower surface of the casing, in which a cooling flow path (110) is formed on the lower surface part and provides a path through which a cooling fluid flows, and in which one part of the cooling flow path and another part of the cooling flow path intersect each other when the lower surface part is viewed from a location spaced apart from the lower surface part in an upward/downward direction H.

An apparatus of a vehicle may comprise a processor and a memory storing at least one instruction that, when executed by the processor communicating with the memory, is configured to cause the apparatus to determine, via a sensor of the vehicle, whether grip conditions of a steering wheel of the vehicle are satisfied, wherein the grip conditions are related to an output of a notification for requesting grip of the steering wheel to a driver of the vehicle, and wherein the output of the notification is based on at least one of a vehicle state of the vehicle during autonomous driving of the vehicle or a driver state of the driver during the autonomous driving of the vehicle, output a signal indicating whether to generate or release the notification, and perform monitoring or adjusting.

A vehicle and a method for controlling the same are disclosed. A control device of a vehicle may include a processor and a memory storing at least one instruction. The at least one instruction may be configured, when executed by the processor, to cause the control device to: determine a current steering angle of the vehicle, and a target steering angle for an autonomous driving system of the vehicle; determine, based on whether a difference between the current steering angle and the target steering angle is less than or equal to a threshold value, whether to activate the autonomous driving system or to restrict activation of the autonomous driving system; and control, based on the determination of whether to activate or restrict activation of the autonomous driving system, an operation of the vehicle.

A DSSAD data storing system may include a Data Storage System for Automated Driving Vehicles (DSSAD) data storage device and a DSSAD data extraction device is provided, and the DSSAD data storage device may include a hardware security module (HSM) configured to perform data encryption, a dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) where a DSSAD data is stored, a processor configured to read the DSSAD data from the DRAM in response to a trigger signal and provide the read data to the HSM, and a flash memory configured to store a DSSAD encryption data encrypted by the HSM.

A vehicle and a method for controlling the same are disclosed. A control device includes a processor; and a memory storing at least one instruction that is configured, when executed by the processor communicating with the memory, to cause the control device to: detect, during driving control of a vehicle, an event associated with an eyes-on request (EOR) for a driver of the vehicle; determine, based on the event satisfying a predetermined driving condition of the vehicle and via an image sensor of the vehicle, that an eye gaze of the driver is diverted to a predetermined area of the vehicle; set, based on a time duration of the eye gaze of the driver being diverted to the predetermined area, a timer for an EOR alert; and output, based on expiration of the timer, the EOR alert via an output device of the vehicle. An expiration of the timer is associated with the predetermined area. The output device includes at least one of a display of the vehicle or a speaker of the vehicle.