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Granted Patent B2
US 12,559,116 · App. 18/387,339 · Granted Feb 24, 2026

Vehicle for pregnant woman and method of controlling same

Inventors: Sung Il Jung (Busan, KR); Jeong Eun Kim (Seongnam-Si, KR); Hui Un Son (Suwon-Si, KR)
Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Corporation
B60W50/087B60W10/04B60W10/18B60W50/085B60W2510/1005B60W2540/221B60W2540/223
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Patent No.
US 12,559,116
App. No.
18/387,339
Granted
Feb 24, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle providing various functions for a pregnant woman and a method of controlling the same, include controlling the vehicle for a pregnant woman may include setting a maximum manipulation amount for each of one or more pedals for a driver seat based on a driver input value or occupant posture information according to whether a driver input for the maximum manipulation amount is received, and correcting a pedal manipulation amount based on the maximum manipulation amount set for each pedal in a pregnant woman mode.

Claims (25)

1 . A method of controlling a vehicle for a pregnant woman, the method comprising:

executing an actual measurement mode in response that a command for a driver input is received;

setting a maximum manipulation amount to which a maximum torque is mapped for each of one or more pedals for a driver seat based on a measured manipulation amount detected through each of the one or more pedals during the executing of the actual measurement mode;

correcting a mapping relationship between a pedal manipulation amount and a corresponding torque for each pedal based on the maximum manipulation amount set for each pedal in a pregnant woman mode; and

outputting a torque command corresponding to the pedal manipulation amount for each pedal based on the corrected mapping relationship,

wherein the measured manipulation amount detected through each of the one or more pedals during the executing of the actual measurement mode does not operate a driving source or a braking source.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the actual measurement mode is entered in response that a shifting stage is a Parking stage.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further including:

determining whether a manipulation amount exceeding the set maximum manipulation amount is applied after the maximum manipulation amount is set; and

accumulating an excess manipulation amount, the excess manipulation amount corresponding to a portion of the manipulation amount exceeding the set maximum manipulation amount.

4 . The method of claim 3 , further including:

correcting the set maximum manipulation amount in response that the accumulated excess manipulation amount exceeds a preset criterion; and

correcting the pedal manipulation amount based on the corrected maximum manipulation amount.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the setting includes setting the maximum manipulation amount for each pedal based on a position of the driver seat on a seat rail in response that the driver input is absent.

6 . A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium recording a program for executing the method of controlling the vehicle for the pregnant woman of claim 1 .

7 . A vehicle comprising:

a pedal sensor disposed on each of one or more pedals for a driver seat; and

a first controller configured to execute an actual measurement mode in response that a command for the driver input is received, set a maximum manipulation amount to which a maximum torque is mapped for each of the one or more pedals based on a measured manipulation amount detected through each of the one or more pedals during the executing of the actual measurement mode, to correct a mapping relationship between a pedal manipulation amount input through the pedal sensor and a corresponding torque for each pedal based on the maximum manipulation amount set for each pedal in a pregnant woman mode, and to output a torque command corresponding to the pedal manipulation amount for each pedal based on the corrected mapping relationship,

wherein the first controller is configured to not operate a driving source or a braking source with the measured manipulation amount detected through the pedal sensor during the executing of the actual measurement mode.

8 . The vehicle of claim 7 , wherein the actual measurement mode is entered in response that a shifting stage is a Parking stage.

9 . The vehicle of claim 7 , wherein the first controller is configured to determine whether a manipulation amount exceeds the set maximum manipulation amount after the maximum manipulation amount is set, and to accumulate an excess manipulation amount, the excess manipulation amount corresponding to a portion of the manipulation amount exceeding the set maximum manipulation amount.

10 . The vehicle of claim 9 , wherein the first controller is configured to correct the set maximum manipulation amount in response that the accumulated excess manipulation amount exceeds a preset criterion, and to correct the pedal manipulation amount based on the corrected maximum manipulation amount.

11 . The vehicle of claim 7 , further including:

a second controller configured to control an occupant posture,

wherein the first controller is configured to set the maximum manipulation amount for each pedal based on a position of the driver seat on a seat rail received from the second controller.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 6, 2023
From: JUNG, SUNG IL; KIM, JEONG EUN; SON, HUI UN
To: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY; KIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 065471/0957 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2023-0067075 · May 24, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
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