Patent ID: 11965371
Assignee: KIA CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC E  B | IPC B  E

Claim 0:
1. A vehicle comprising:
a tail gate;
a driving unit engaged to the tail gate and configured to open or close the tail gate;
a Ultra Wide Band (UWB) module configured to:
communicate with a smart key according to an authentication signal transmitted from the smart key in a first mode, and
transmit a detection signal to an object and detect the object according to the detection signal reflected from the object in a second mode; and

a controller connected to the UWB module and configured to operate the UWB module in the second mode when the driving unit operates, and to stop the operation of the driving unit when the object is detected from the UWB module operating in the second mode during operation of the driving unit,
wherein the controller is determine a location of the smart key according to signals received from the UWB module operating in the first mode, and when the object detected by the UWB module operating in the second mode is determined to be the smart key, the controller is determine that a user sets an opening amount of the tail gate.