Vehicle and control method of controlling the same

• US 10,333,207 B2
• Filed: 12/15/2016
• Issued: 06/25/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: Lee, Byoung Hyun
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Hai V
• Application Number:
  US15/380,359
• Publication Number:
  US 20180083347A1
• Time in Patent Office: 922 Days
• Field of Search: 4555692
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 3/50 Systems for transmission between fixed stations via two-conductor transmission lines H04B3/54 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/62 for transportation systems, e.g. in vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 40/27 specially adapted for broadcast systems covered by groups H04H20/53 - H04H20/95
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]

Abstract

Provided is a vehicle including: an antenna configured to receive at least two external signals from an external device and to output an integrated signal by integrating the at least two external signals; a single feeder cable electrically connected to the antenna and configured to transfer the integrated signal; and a controller electrically connected to the single feeder cable, and separating the integrated signal into at least two signals, and transferring the at least two signals to each module corresponding to each of the at least two signals.

Claims

1. A vehicle comprising:

an antenna receiving at least two external signals from an external device and generating and outputting an integrated signal by integrating the at least two external signals, the antenna including a signal integration filter;

a single feeder cable electrically connected to the antenna and configured to transfer the integrated signal;

a controller electrically connected to the single feeder cable, separating the integrated signal into at least two signals, and transferring the at least two signals to each module corresponding to each of the at least two signals, the controller including a signal separation filter; and

a power supplier supplying power to the antenna through the single feeder cable,

wherein the antenna further comprises;

a first amplifier amplifying a first external signal;

a second amplifier amplifying a second external signal; and

a capacitor disposed between the single feeder cable and the signal integration filter, and

wherein the capacitor cuts off the power supplied from the power supplier to the signal integration filter, and the power supplier supplies the power to the first amplifier and the second amplifier in a phantom feeding manner.

2. The vehicle of claim 1, wherein

the single feeder cable connects a port of the antenna to a port of the controller and transfers the integrated signal between the antenna and the controller.

3. The vehicle of claim 1, wherein

the antenna comprises a first external signal reception module configured to receive the first external signal and a second external signal reception module configured to receive the second external signal that is different from the first external signal.

4. The vehicle of claim 1, wherein

the power supplier supplies the same voltage to the first amplifier and the second amplifier.

5. The vehicle of claim 1, wherein

the signal integration filter generates the integrated signal by integrating the amplified first external signal and the amplified second external signal.

6. The vehicle of claim 5, wherein

the signal integration filter comprises a high pass filter and a low pass filter.

7. The vehicle of claim 5, wherein

the signal separation filter separates the integrated signal generated by the signal integration filter into a signal corresponding to the amplified first external signal and a signal corresponding to the amplified second external signal, and transfers each of the signal to each module corresponding to each of the signal.

8. The vehicle of claim 7, wherein

the signal separation filter comprises a high pass filter and a low pass filter.

9. The vehicle of claim 1, wherein

the at least two signals comprises at least one of a broadcast communication signal and GPS signals.

10. A method of controlling a vehicle, the method comprising:

receiving, by an antenna, at least two external signals from an external device;

outputting, by the antenna, an integrated signal by integrating the at least two external signals;

transferring, by a single feeder cable, the integrated signal;

separating, by a controller, the integrated signal received via the single feeder cable into at least two signals via a single separation filter;

transferring, by the controller, the at least two signals to each module corresponding to each of the at least two signals; and

supplying power via the single feeder cable,

wherein the antenna comprises;

a first amplifier amplifying a first external signal;

a second amplifier amplifying a second external signal; and

a capacitor disposed between the single feeder cable and a signal integration filter, wherein the supplying power comprises;

cutting off, by the capacitor, the power supplied to the signal integration filter; and

supplying the power to the first amplifier and the second amplifier in a phantom feeding manner.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein

the single feeder cable connects a connection port of the antenna to a connection port of the controller.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein

the transferring the integrated signal via the single feeder cable comprises transmitting the integrated signal including a radio frequency (RF) signal.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein

the receiving the at least two external signal from the external device comprises receiving the first external signal and receiving the second external signal that is different from the first external signal.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein

the outputting the integrated signal by integrating the at least two external signals comprises amplifying the first external signal and amplifying the second external signal.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein

the outputting the integrated signal by integrating the at least two external signals comprises generating the integrated signal by integrating the amplified first external signal and the amplified second external signal.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein

the separating the integrated signal received via the single feeder cable into at least two signals and the transferring the at least two signal to each module corresponding to each of the at least two signals comprises:

separating the integrated signal into a signal corresponding to the amplified first external signal and a signal corresponding to the amplified second external signal; and

transferring each of the signal to each module corresponding to each of the signal.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein

the at least two signals comprises at least one of a broadcast communication signal and GPS signals.