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Terminal, vehicle having the same, and control method thereof

  • US 9,573,471 B2
  • Filed: 10/26/2014
  • Issued: 02/21/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus installed in a vehicle comprising:

  • a terminal configured to perform at least one operation of a navigation operation, an audio/video output operation, a telephone call operation, a music playing operation, and a radio operation, and having a display unit and a sound unit, wherein information related to the at least one operation is outputted by the display unit and the sound unit;

    a detector configured to detect movement of a hand of a user; and

    a controller configured to;

    i) activate the detector when a detection mode is activated by the user,ii) activate a redetection mode for controlling the terminal when the movement of the hand is detected during the detection mode,iii) terminate the redetection mode when the movement of the hand is not redetected within a preset time period during the redetection mode,iv) count a number of times the movement of the hand is detected for a preset reference time when the movement of the hand is redetected within the preset time period during the redetection mode,v) identify an operation corresponding to the counted number of times the movement of the hand is detected,vi) control operation of the display unit or the sound unit of the terminal such that the identified operation is performed by the terminal,vii) determine whether the movement of the hand is moving inward and outward from a predetermined detection region based on a magnitude of signals input from the detector, andviii) count a number of signals among the inputted signals that have a magnitude greater than or equal to a reference magnitude, wherein the counted number of the signals includes the counted number of times the movement of the hand is detected during the redetection mode.

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