Vehicle and method for preventing malfunction of touch sensor in vehicle door

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PATENT NO 12257979
APP PUB NO 20240286579A1
SERIAL NO

18657247

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A vehicle and a method are configured to prevent malfunction of a touch sensor in a vehicle door. The vehicle includes a transceiver for transmitting a searching signal to a smart key located outside the vehicle and receiving a response signal to the searching signal, at least one touch sensor mounted in a door of the vehicle to sense a touch input of a user in a capacitive scheme, and a controller that determines an approach direction of the smart key based on the response signal and controls to operate only a touch sensor installed in a door mapped to the approach direction among the at least one touch sensor.

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Patent Owner(s)

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HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY12 HEOLLEUNG-RO SEOCHO-GU SEOUL 06797
KIA CORPORATION12 HEOLLEUNG-RO SEOCHO-GU SEOUL 06797

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Jin, Dae Sung Daejeon, KR 3 3

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