Vehicle lamp autocut apparatus and method

1. A vehicle lamp autocut method, comprising:

detecting, by a controller, a current position of a vehicle when a power supply of the vehicle is turned off based on current positional information acquired by a navigation device;

detecting, by the controller, whether the vehicle is located in a safety zone based on the current position of the vehicle;

detecting, by the controller, whether a lamp within the vehicle is in a turn on state when the vehicle is located in the safety zone using a smart junction box configured to operate the lamp;

detecting, by the controller, whether a vehicle state satisfies a lamp turn off condition when the lamp is in the turn on state; and

controlling, by the controller, operation of the smart junction box so as to turn off the lamp when the vehicle state satisfies the lamp turn off condition.

2. The vehicle lamp autocut method of claim 1 , wherein the turning off of the lamp includes:

operating, by the controller, a timer when the vehicle state satisfies the lamp turn off condition;

detecting, by the controller, whether the set time elapses using the timer; and

turning off, by the controller, the lamp when the set time elapses.

3. The vehicle lamp autocut method of claim 2 , further comprising:

controlling, by the controller, operation of the smart junction box so as to maintain the lamp in a turn on state when the set time does not elapse.

4. The vehicle lamp autocut method of claim 2 , further comprising:

controlling, by the controller, operation of the smart junction box so as to maintain the lamp in a turn on state when a door is opened or unlocked during the operation of the timer.

5. The vehicle lamp autocut method of claim 1 , wherein in the detection of whether the vehicle state satisfies the lamp turn off condition, a smart key is not present within the vehicle and whether the doors are in a closed and locked state is detected.

6. The vehicle lamp autocut method of claim 1 , further comprising:

controlling, by the controller, operation of the smart junction box so as to continuously turn on the lamp the lamp in response to determining that the vehicle state does not satisfy the lamp turn off condition.

7. A vehicle lamp autocut apparatus, comprising:

a navigation device configured to acquire current positional information of a vehicle;

a smart key module configured to detect whether a smart key is present within the vehicle;

a smart junction box configured to operate a lamp within the vehicle; and

a controller configured to detect a current position of the vehicle based on the acquired current positional information when a power supply of the vehicle is turned off, whether the lamp is turned on, and whether the smart key is present within the vehicle and control operation of the smart junction box so as to turn off the lamp when the smart key is not present within the vehicle.

8. The vehicle lamp autocut apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the controller is configured to transmit a lamp turn off command to the smart junction box in response to determining that the vehicle is located in a safety zone, the lamp is in a turn on state, and the smart key is not present within the vehicle.

9. The vehicle lamp autocut apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the controller includes a timer configured to notify that a set time elapses and the controller is configured to transmit the lamp turn off command to the smart junction box when the set time elapses.

10. The vehicle lamp autocut apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the controller is configured to control operation of the smart junction box so as to maintain the lamp in a turn on state when a door is opened or unlocked during the operation of the timer.

11. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing program instructions executed by a controller, the computer readable medium comprising:

program instructions that detect a current position of a vehicle when a power supply of the vehicle is turned off based on current positional information acquired by a navigation device;

program instructions that detect whether the vehicle is located in a safety zone based on the current position of the vehicle;

program instructions that detect whether a lamp within the vehicle is in a turn on state when the vehicle is located in the safety zone using a smart junction box configured to operate the lamp;

program instructions that detect whether a vehicle state satisfies a lamp turn off condition when the lamp is in the turn on state; and

program instructions that control operation of the smart junction box so as to turn off the lamp when the vehicle state satisfies the lamp turn off condition.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , further comprising:

program instructions that operate a timer when the vehicle state satisfies the lamp turn off condition;

program instructions that detect whether the set time elapses using the timer; and

program instructions that turn off the lamp when the set time elapses.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12 , further comprising:

program instructions that control operation of the smart junction box so as to maintain the lamp in a turn on state when the set time does not elapse.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12 , further comprising:

program instructions that control operation of the smart junction box so as to maintain the lamp in a turn on state when a door is opened or unlocked during the operation of the timer.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein in the detection of whether the vehicle state satisfies the lamp turn off condition, a smart key is not present within the vehicle and whether the doors are in a closed and locked state is detected.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , further comprising:

program instructions that control operation of the smart junction box so as to continuously turn on the lamp the lamp in response to determining that the vehicle state does not satisfy the lamp turn off condition.