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Vehicle control apparatus and method thereof

US9481246B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 8, 2015
Grant dateNov 1, 2016
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Expiry dateApr 8, 2035

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2203/04806
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a vehicle control apparatus and a control method thereof, and the vehicle control apparatus may include a body portion comprising an outer frame constituting an external appearance of a vehicle and an inner frame formed to allow a user to get on, a sensing unit configured to sense a user's input from at least one sensing region formed on the body portion, and a controller configured to drive at least one of functions that can be executed in the vehicle based on at least one of a location of the sensing region at which the user's input is sensed and the user's input to the sensing region.

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