US 10,241,510 B2 · Method and apparatus for controlling vehicle

Abstract

Methods and apparatuses are provided for controlling a vehicle. The vehicle is controlled to operate in an autonomous driving mode in which the vehicle is driven without a manipulation by an operator of the vehicle. A request to switch to a manual driving mode, in which the vehicle is driven with the manipulation by the operator, is received. A range of the manipulation regarding a function of the vehicle is determined according to a driving situation of the vehicle in response to the request. The vehicle is controlled to operate in the manual driving mode in which the manipulation by the operator is limited according to the range of the manipulation.

Claims14

Dependent claims

A method of a controller for controlling a vehicle, the method comprising:

controlling the vehicle to operate in an autonomous driving mode in which the vehicle is driven without a manipulation by an operator of the vehicle;
receiving a request to switch to a manual driving mode in which the vehicle is driven with the manipulation by the operator;
in response to the request, determining whether a range of the manipulation regarding a function of the vehicle is to be unlimited in the manual driving mode according to at least one of a state of the operator, a state of the vehicle, and a surrounding environment of the vehicle;
and
controlling the vehicle to operate in the manual driving mode with a limited or an unlimited range of the manipulation regarding the function of the vehicle.

2 more elements

A controller for controlling a vehicle, comprising:

a mode switch receiver configured to receive a request to switch to a manual driving mode, in which the vehicle is driven with a manipulation by an operator of the vehicle, while the vehicle is operating in an autonomous driving mode, in which the vehicle is driven without the manipulation by the operator;
a driving state determiner configured to, in response to the request, determine whether a range of the manipulation regarding a function of the vehicle is to be unlimited in the manual driving mode according to at least one of a state of the operator, a state of the vehicle, and a surrounding environment of the vehicle;
and
a driving mode controller configured to control the vehicle to operate in the manual driving mode with a limited or an unlimited range of the manipulation regarding the function of the vehicle.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/214,107Filed 19 Jul 2016

Priority

KR 10-2016-001547811 Feb 2016

Published

US 2017/0235305 A117 Aug 2017

Granted

26 Mar 2019

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification21 codes

B60W 60/0053
Handover processes: from vehicle to occupant
B60W 30/10
Purposes of road vehicle drive control systems not related to the control of a particular sub-unit, e.g. of systems using conjoint control of…:…
B60W 40/072
Road conditions: curvature of the road
B60W 50/0097
Details of control systems for road vehicle drive control not related to the control of a particular sub-unit , e.g. process diagnostic or…

Method and apparatus for controlling vehicle

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