US-12621752-B2 - Vehicle and method of controlling the same

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Abstract

The vehicle according to an embodiment of the disclosure includes a display device, a communicator configured to receive location information of the vehicle, a tuner configured to receive a radio frequency signal, a database including a plurality of broadcasting information which are categorized by area, and a controller configured to generate a first broadcast station list including a plurality of first broadcasting information corresponding to the location information of the vehicle and the radio frequency signal among the plurality of the broadcasting information included in the database, generate a second broadcast station list including broadcast station names in the first broadcast station list with different frequency information from the first broadcast station list, compare audio sound transmitted from the vehicle with audio sounds transmitted from broadcast stations of the broadcast station names included in the second broadcast station list to determine a current broadcast station name in an electric field overlapping area, and control the display device to display the determined current broadcast station name.

Inventors

Sangheun LEE
Jaekyu Yu

Assignees

HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
KIA CORPORATION

Dates

Publication Date: 20260505
Application Date: 20230809
Priority Date: 20221018

Claims (16)

1 . A vehicle, comprising: a display device; a communicator configured to receive location information of the vehicle; a tuner configured to receive a radio frequency signal; a database including a plurality of broadcasting information which are categorized by area; and a controller configured to: generate a first broadcast station list including a plurality of first broadcasting information corresponding to the location information of the vehicle and the radio frequency signal among the plurality of broadcasting information included in the database; generate a second broadcast station list including broadcast station names in the first broadcast station list with different frequency information from the first broadcast station list; compare audio sound transmitted from the vehicle with audio sounds transmitted from broadcast stations of the broadcast station names included in the second broadcast station list to determine a current broadcast station name in an electric field overlapping area; and control the display device to display the determined current broadcast station name, wherein the controller is further configured to: determine a priority of each of a plurality of second broadcasting information included in the second broadcast station list, and compare an audio sound of at least one of the plurality of second broadcasting information having a highest priority with the audio sound transmitted from the vehicle.
2 . The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to determine a broadcast station name of a broadcast station transmitting the same audio sound as the audio sound transmitted from the vehicle, among the broadcast station names in the second broadcast station list, as the current broadcast station name in the electric field overlapping area.
3 . The vehicle of claim 2 , further comprising: a sub tuner, and wherein the controller is further configured to: receive audio sound signals transmitted from broadcast stations of the broadcast station names included in the second broadcast station list through the sub tuner, and determine, based on at least one of the audio sound signals received through the sub tuner corresponds to the audio sound signal transmitted from the vehicle, that the audio sound transmitted from the vehicle and at least one audio sound of the second broadcast station list are the same.
4 . The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to determine broadcasting information having the same broadcast station location as the first broadcast station list among the plurality of second broadcasting information included in the second broadcast station list to have a first priority.
5 . The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to determine broadcasting information having a high electric field strength received by the vehicle, among the plurality of second broadcasting information included in the second broadcast station list to have a second priority.
6 . The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of the first broadcasting information includes at least one of radio frequency information, radio transmission area information, and broadcast station location information.
7 . The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to control the display device to display broadcasting information corresponding to the determined current broadcast station name as text or a thumbnail image.
8 . The vehicle of claim 7 , wherein the broadcasting information corresponding to the determined current broadcast station name includes at least one of a program name, a host, and air time.
9 . A method of controlling a vehicle including a display device, a communicator for receiving location information thereof, and a tuner for receiving a radio frequency signal, the method comprising: generating a first broadcast station list including a plurality of first broadcasting information corresponding to the location information of the vehicle and the radio frequency signal; generating a second broadcast station list including broadcast station names in the first broadcast station list with different frequency information from the first broadcast station list; determining a current broadcast station name in an electric field overlapping area by comparing audio sound transmitted from the vehicle with audio sounds transmitted from broadcast stations of the broadcast station names included in the second broadcast station list; and displaying the determined current broadcast station name, wherein comparing the audio sound transmitted from the vehicle with the audio sound transmitted from broadcast stations of the broadcast station names included in the second broadcast station list further comprises: determining a priority of each of a plurality of second broadcasting information included in the second broadcast station list, and comparing an audio sound corresponding to broadcasting information having a highest priority with the audio sound transmitted from the vehicle.
10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein determining the current broadcast station name further comprises: determining a broadcast station name of a broadcast station transmitting the same audio sound as the audio sound transmitted from the vehicle, among the broadcast station names in the second broadcast station list, as the current broadcast station name in the electric field overlapping area.
11 . The method of claim 10 , further comprising: receiving audio sound signals transmitted from broadcast stations of the broadcast station names included in the second broadcast station list through a sub tuner, and determining, based on at least one of the audio sound signals received through the sub tuner corresponds to the audio sound signal transmitted from the vehicle, that the audio sound transmitted from the vehicle and at least one audio sound of the second broadcast station list are the same.
12 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising: determining broadcasting information having the same broadcast station location as the first broadcast station list, among the plurality of second broadcasting information included in the second broadcast station list, to have a first priority.
13 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising: determining broadcasting information having a high electric field strength received by the vehicle among the plurality of second broadcasting information included in the second broadcast station list to have a second priority.
14 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of the first broadcasting information includes at least one of radio frequency information, radio transmission area information, and broadcast station location information.
15 . The method of claim 9 , wherein displaying the determined broadcast station name further comprises controlling the display device to display broadcasting information corresponding to the determined current broadcast station name as text or a thumbnail image.
16 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the broadcasting information corresponding to the determined current broadcast station name includes at least one of a program name, a host, and air time.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION(S) This application claims the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2022-0133841, filed on Oct. 18, 2022 in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the entire contents of which application are incorporated herein by reference. TECHNICAL FIELD The present disclosure relates to a vehicle for displaying radio broadcasting information, and a method of controlling the same. BACKGROUND Generally, vehicles enable to basically have not only a driving function, but also perform additional functions for user convenience, such as audio, video, navigation, air conditioning, broadcasting, seat heating, communicating with external terminals, and the like. In the case of performing at least one of an audio function, a video function, and a broadcasting function, a vehicle receives broadcasting signals of any one of traffic broadcasting, news broadcasting, television (TV) broadcasting, and radio broadcasting transmitted from broadcast stations, and outputs the received broadcasting signals using at least one of the audio device and the video device. However, if a vehicle enters an electric field overlapping area in listening a radio broadcasting, the name of a radio station may not be displayed to a user because the exact name of a broadcast station may not be known in the related art, leading to causing inconvenience of the user. SUMMARY An aspect of the present disclosure provides a vehicle configured for determining a current broadcast station name in an electric field overlapping area. Another aspect of the present disclosure provides a vehicle configured for controlling a display device to display the determined current broadcast station name as a text or a thumbnail image. Additional aspects of the present disclosure are set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, should be understood from the description, or may be learned by practice of the disclosure. In accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure, a vehicle includes a display device, a communicator configured to receive location information of the vehicle, a tuner configured to receive a radio frequency signal, a database including a plurality of broadcasting information which are categorized by area, and a controller configured to generate a first broadcast station list including a plurality of first broadcasting information corresponding to the location information of the vehicle and the radio frequency signal among the plurality of broadcasting information included in the database, generate a second broadcast station list including broadcast station names in the first broadcast station list with different frequency information from the first broadcast station list, compare audio sound transmitted from the vehicle with audio sounds transmitted from broadcast stations of the broadcast station names included in the second broadcast station list to determine a current broadcast station name in an electric field overlapping area, and control the display device to display the determined current broadcast station name. The controller may determine a broadcast station name of a broadcast station transmitting the same audio sound as the audio sound transmitted from the vehicle, among the broadcast station names in the second broadcast station list, as the current broadcast station name in the electric field overlapping area. The vehicle may further include a sub tuner, and the controller may further receive audio sound signals transmitted from broadcast stations of the broadcast station names included in the second broadcast station list through the sub tuner, and determine, if at least one of the audio sound signals received through the sub turner corresponds to the audio sound signal transmitted from the vehicle, that the audio sound transmitted from the vehicle and at least one audio sound of the second broadcast station list are the same. The controller may determine a priority of each of a plurality of second broadcasting information included in the second broadcast station list, and compare an audio sound of of at least one of the plurality of second broadcasting information having a highest priority with the audio sound transmitted from the vehicle. The controller may determine broadcasting information having the same broadcast station location as the first broadcast station list among the plurality of second broadcasting information included in the second broadcast station list to have a first priority. The controller may determine broadcasting information having a high electric field strength received by the vehicle among the plurality of second broadcasting information included in the second broadcast station list to have a second priority. The plurality of the first broadcasting information may include at least one of radio frequency information, radio transmission area information, and broadcast station location information. The controller may control the display device to display b