Hyundai Artificial Intelligence Connected Car Insights from Patents

Hyundai announced its plan to develop smart car implementing artificial intelligence (AI) and V2X (vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I)) communication capability. US9159231 illustrates that Hyundai smart car will collect and transmit neighboring traffic information through the V2V communication. The neighboring traffic information is analyzed for providing collision warning or blind spot warning to create a safe-driving environment. US20130116908 illustrates that Hyundai smart car will provide the adaptive driving control to automatically change the speed and direction of a vehicle based on the position information obtained through the V2V communication.

US6487501 and US20150355641 illustrate that Hyundai smart car will provide an autonomous lane control that assists a driver of a vehicle to either change lanes while driving or maintain the vehicle in the same lane. The lane recognizer recognizes a lane of a road on which the vehicle is driving using a variety of sensors installed in the vehicle. If it is determined that the vehicle is deviating from the lane, an AI (fuzzy logic) controller is exploited for preventing the vehicle deviates from the lane. The fuzzy logic is a method of reasoning that resembles human decision making process. The lane changing apparatus changes the lane automatically using the vehicle velocity, road width, and allowable maximum moving direction angle.

US20150081605 illustrate that Hyundai smart car will provide timely alert information by analyzing the driving pattern of the driver using an AI (artificial neural network). The artificial neural network utilizes massive connected artificial neurons to mimic the capability of a biological neural network so as to acquire information from external environment. In essence, a neural network is an attempt to simulate the human brain.

US20120120930 illustrate that Hyundai smart car will provide a connection to the smart home system. The smart home system interconnected with the vehicle can perform various functions such as transmitting parking information when the vehicle is detected within the predetermined range. The transmitted parking information can then be displayed on the display unit in the vehicle.