US 10,501,079 B2Granted

Vehicle driving control apparatus and method thereof

AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation

InventorsByeong Wook Jeon, Sangjun Park, Kwang Hee Park

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Abstract

The present disclosure provides a vehicle driving control apparatus and a method. The apparatus includes an engine configured to generate a power; a clutch positioned between the engine and a transmission and configured to selectively connect the engine and the transmission; a state detector configured to detect state data to control a driving of a vehicle; and a controller configured to determine a stopping line based on a difference between the vehicle and a stopping line when an entry condition is satisfied based on the state data, determine whether a driving control condition is satisfied based on a lighting color of a traffic signal light positioned at the stopping line and the stopping line distance, confirm a deceleration rate depending on a clutch engagement when the driving control condition is satisfied, and control a clutch to decelerate a vehicle speed based on a stop prediction position depending on the deceleration rate.

Claims14

Dependent claims

A vehicle driving control apparatus comprising:

an engine configured to generate a power;
a clutch positioned between the engine and a transmission and configured to selectively connect the engine and the transmission;
a state detector configured to detect state data to control a driving of a vehicle;
and
a controller configured to:
determine a stopping line distance based on a difference between the vehicle and a stopping line when an entry condition is satisfied based on the state data;
determine whether a driving control condition is satisfied based on a lighting color of a traffic signal light positioned at the stopping line and based on the stopping line distance;
confirm a deceleration rate depending on a clutch engagement when the driving control condition is satisfied;
control the clutch based on a stop prediction position that depends on the deceleration rate to decelerate a vehicle speed;
confirm a first deceleration rate when the clutch is engaged;
determine a first stop prediction position based on the first deceleration rate;
confirm a second deceleration rate when the clutch is disengaged;
and
determine a second stop prediction position based on the second deceleration rate.

11 more elements

A vehicle driving control method comprising:

determining whether an entry condition is satisfied based on state data;
determining a stopping line distance based on a difference between a vehicle and a stopping line when the entry condition is satisfied;
determining whether a lighting color of a traffic signal light positioned at the stopping line is red;
determining whether the stopping line distance is within a predetermined distance when the lighting color of the traffic signal light is red;
confirming a deceleration rate depending on a clutch engagement when the stopping line distance is within the predetermined distance;
determining a stop prediction position based on the deceleration rate;
and
controlling a clutch based on the stop prediction position,
wherein determining the stop prediction position comprises:
when the clutch is engaged, determining a first stop prediction position based on a first deceleration rate;
and
when the clutch is disengaged, determining a second stop prediction position based on a second deceleration rate.

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Facts

Application: 15/834,840Filed 7 Dec 2017
Priority: KR 10-2017-00452167 Apr 2017
Published: US 2018/0290654 A111 Oct 2018
Granted: 10 Dec 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification12 codes

B60W 30/18072
Related to particular drive situations: coasting
B60W 30/181
Related to particular drive situations: preparing for stopping
B60W 2510/0208
Clutches: clutch engagement state, e.g. engaged or disengaged
B60W 2520/10
Input parameters relating to overall vehicle dynamics: longitudinal speed

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