Patent ID: 11858546
Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus for adjusting a steering wheel of a vehicle, the vehicle including a steering column having a cover and coupled to the steering wheel, the apparatus comprising:
a camera unit disposed at a center of an upper end portion of the cover of the steering column and configured to capture an image of a driver's face; and
a control unit configured to:
detect the driver's face in the captured image;
determine whether predetermined portions of the detected driver's face in the captured image are in an optimal face shape; and
in response to determining that the predetermined portion of the detected driver's face in the captured image are not in the optimal face shape, generate adjustment information related to adjustment of the steering wheel.