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Comfort Control Algorithm Development of Car Air Conditioner using Thermal Comfort Evaluation of Driver : Part I - Air-conditioning Operating Preference of Driver (자동차 에어컨 쾌적제어 알고리즘 개발을 위한 운전자 온열감성 평가 : 제 1 보-운전자의 에어컨 조작 선호도)

  • Kim, Min-Soo;Kim, Dong-Gyu;Lee, Gi-Deok;Kum, Jong-Soo
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.26 no.6
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    • pp.294-300
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    • 2014
  • In this study, we investigated and evaluated the air conditioning operation of the driver according to the temperature difference between the inside and outside of a car parked outside during the summer. We suggest including a comfort mode to the car air conditioning system to improve the thermal comfort of the driver, in which the comfort can be maintained for a longer time. For the a result of our experiment, in the cases with temperature of above $45^{\circ}C$ inside of the car, the subjects preferred strong air blow with the face and the arms in the direction of the blow. In the cases with temperature of below $40^{\circ}C$ inside of the car, the subjects preferred lower volume of air blow. In the temperature below $28.1^{\circ}C$ inside of the car, the mean temperature on the skin of the driver reached the comfort zone.

Development of a Stock Flow Model on Diffusion Process of Innovative Goods: the Green Car Diffusion Case (혁신제품 확산과정에 대한 저유량 모형 개발: 친환경 자동차를 대상으로)

  • Park, Kyungbae
    • Korean System Dynamics Review
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.25-49
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    • 2013
  • As global competition for green car, that is environmentally friendly car, is getting tougher, the governments and the related industries are putting their core efforts in its diffusion. However, the green car sales are disappointing so far. To overcome the gridlock, it is necessary to develop concrete analytical framework to understand the diffusion process. Based on causal loop analysis from the previous work, we have identified main variables and relationships of them in the diffusion process and developed a stock-flow diagram and mathematical formula for the main components. The model would be applied for further quantitative simulation on the diffusion process of green car and other innovative goods as well. Also, we have suggested constructive insights for the policy makers and for the related industries. First, it is important to increase consumers' willingness to consider through marketing and word of mouth to accelerate the diffusion process. Second, in the perspective of the industry, the market share of green car should be increased at the earliest possible stage and this could be done by enhancing each components of green car attractiveness(e.g. price, driving range, social infra). Third, companies should develop a balanced investment between consumer and technology sector through a flexible financial policy. Fourth, the government continuously has the role of investing in the related R&D and social infra building. We expect the green car diffusion model and related formula from the research can provide meaningful tools to analyze the diffusion process of other new and innovative goods based on its deep researched literature review.

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The analysis of technology of the connected car (커넥티드 카의 기술 분석)

  • Shim, Hyun-Bo
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2015.10a
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    • pp.211-215
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    • 2015
  • It comes into the spotlight as the new Blue Ocean in which the connected car industry in which the car and mobile communication technology is convergence. All sorts of infortainments services connecting with the portable electronic device(Smart phone, tablet PC, and MP3 player) and car are rapidly grown. The Connected car emphasizes the vehicle connectivity with the concept that the car has communication with the around on a real time basis and it provides the safety and expedience to the operator and using the thing of Internet (IoT) in the car and supports the application, presently, the entertainment service including the real-time Navigation, parking assistant function, not only the remote vehicle control and management service but also Email, multimedia streaming service, SNS and with the platform. Intelligent vehicle network is studied as the kind according to MANET(Mobile Ad Hoc Network) for the safety operation of the cars of the road and improving the efficiency of the driving. The intelligent vehicle network is comprised for the driving information offering changing rapidly of the communication(V2V: Vehicle to Vehicle) between the car and the car, communication(V2I : Vehicle to Infrastructure) between the infrastructure and the car, and V2X (Vehicle to Nomadic).

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Realistic Visualization of Car Configurator Based On Unreal Engine 4(UE4)

  • Zhong, Yiming;Yun, Tae Soo;Lee, Byung Chun
    • International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.105-115
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    • 2022
  • The platform for displaying cars has been changing with the times. From the popularity of paper media to the rise of computer graphics, the improvement of technology has brought more space and possibilities to the automotive industry. Yiming Zhong proposed the workflow of car configurator through Unreal Engine 4 to implement the basic functions of configuration in 2021, according to Yiming Zhong's final presentation, there is still room to improve the realism of graphics and functionality of the car configurator. Therefore, in this paper we propose to upgrade the car shaders and lighting environments according to the real-world physics and add multi-scenes switching function to car configurator. However the multi-scenes switching function also brings a large amount of data, which leads to the problem of display lag. At the end of the paper, we use the level of details(LOD) process to reduce the amount of data for real-time computing in Unreal Engine 4 and the increase of frames per second(FPS) values verifies the feasibility of our optimization solution.

Intelligent Online Driving System

  • Xuan, Chau-Nguyen;Youngil Youm
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2000.10a
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    • pp.479-479
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    • 2000
  • Recently, IVS(Intelligent Vehicle Systems) or ITS(Intelligent Traffic Systems) are much concerned subjects of automotive industry. In this paper, we will introduce an Intelligent Online Driving System for a car. This system allows the driver to be able to drive the car just by operating an integrated joystick. The proposed driving system could be implemented into any car and the key point of the design is that the driver still can drive the car as normal without using the joystick. Our Intelligent Online Driving System includes the integrated joystick, steering wheel control system, brake and acceleration (B&A)pedals control system, and the central control computer system. Steering wheel and B&A pedals are controlled by AC servo-motors. The integrated joystick generates the desired positions and the embedded computer controls these two servomotors to track the commands given by joystick. The control method for two servo-motors is PID control.

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ISO 26262 and ISO/PAS 21448 as Exemption Clauses of Product Liability (제조물 책임 면책 수단으로서의 ISO 26262와 ISO/PAS 21448)

  • Lee, Seongsoo
    • Journal of IKEEE
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.346-349
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    • 2019
  • Product liability is an important regulation factor in automotive industry. ISO 26262 international standard was established as an exemption clause of product liability. In autonomous car, product liability becomes more important, and ISO/PAS international standard was additionally established, but it can be applied to only sensing stage, which can partly make the autonomous car companies exempt the product liability but not completely. Therefore, reform of current legal system is absolutely necessary to commercialize autonomous car until a new international standard is established as a complete exemptions clause.

Investigation of Aerodynamic Characteristics of a Medium-Size Vehicle (중형 차량의 외부 유동특성에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, D.R.
    • Journal of Power System Engineering
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.22-28
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    • 2006
  • Computer simulation of the air flow over an automotive vehicle is now becoming a routine process in automotive industry to assess the aerodynamic characteristics of a medium-size vehicle such as $C_d\;and\;C_1$ and aslo to investigate the possibility of improving aerodynamic performance of the vehicle as a preliminary design for the production line. Mainly due to its contribution in saving time and cost in the development of new cars, computer simulation of the air flow over a vehicle is usually done well before a production car is introduced to the market and in gaining more and more attention as powerful computer resources are getting readily available nowadays. To aerodynamically design a car is mainly related with reducing a drag coefficient of car. A well designed car usually has a $C_d$ value in the range of $0.3{\sim}0.4$. It is understandable that automotive industry is rushing to reduce a drag coefficient as reducing even a small fraction of the $C_d$ value can have an enormous overall impact on many areas. Actually, the present research model was able to achieve a $C_d$ value in the range of $0.3{\sim}0.36$ for flow velocities of $60km/h{\sim}100km/h$ by strategically removing the possible factor hazardous to lower $C_d$ value. Prediction of the medium-size vehicle aerodynamics using CFD was performed when an actual car model was in the development stage and three-dimensional modeling was also performed to optimize it as the best model in terms of the best aerodynamic performance.

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Successful Positioning Strategy of KIA K5 - by understanding market needs - (기아자동차 K5의 포지셔닝 성공사례 - 변화하는 시장을 이해하고 주도하다 -)

  • Seo, Jiyoung;Lee, Doo-Hee;Lee, Jong-Ho;Jeon, Ki Heung
    • Asia Marketing Journal
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.265-274
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    • 2011
  • The objective of this case study is to analyze how effectively KIA K5, which is a leading mid-size car brand, has positioned itself into the mid-size car market. Before KIA launched the K5, Sonata and SM5 were the leading brands in the mid-size car market. They had loyal customers who like their similar images. As many competitors keep launching new brands or new designs into the car industry, Sonata and SM5 were pressured to introduce new versions. But, the YF Sonata and the New SM5 failed to catch up with the new trends in the market. Whilst YF Sonata was perceived as too innovative, the New SM5 was treated as an old car by the target customers of the mid-size car. While the two leading brands struggled to attract customers, KIA K5 found a new market space by identifying and focusing on the lucrative replace and up-grade demand segment and filling the gap between the current product category values and the emerging mid-size car category values. The K5 found the right values that customers need and successfully articulated the values to the customers. This case study illustrates that a successful positioning strategy can be effectively employed to attract customers in the saturated car manufacturing industry. This case can be summarized as the successful positioning strategy of KIA K5 is comprised of four primary pillars: design innovation, market analysis, STP (segmentation, targeting, and positioning), and launch strategy. The KIA K5 case study provides valuable insights and implications for many other companies that are planning to find a proper positioning strategy for their own business.

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