US 11,958,354 B2Granted

Foldable pedal apparatus for autonomous vehicle and method for controlling operation thereof

AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation

InventorEun Sik Kim

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Abstract

A foldable pedal apparatus of an autonomous vehicle and a method for controlling an operation thereof, includes an accelerator pedal assembly generating an acceleration-related signal and a brake pedal assembly generating a brake-related signal during a driver's operation, in which in an autonomous driving mode, an accelerator pedal assembly and a brake pedal assembly move forward and are fixed to a position as they are combined with a front inclined surface of a footrest panel, and in a manual driving mode, they move and are fixed to a position where a driver can comfortably operate them, so that in case of switchover from the autonomous driving mode to the manual driving mode, the switchover to the manual driving mode becomes possible only in a state where all safety conditions for directivity of a driver's seat and positions of an accelerator pedal assembly and a brake pedal assembly are satisfied.

Claims17

Dependent claims

A foldable pedal apparatus for a vehicle, the foldable pedal apparatus comprising:

an accelerator pedal assembly generating an acceleration-related signal and a brake pedal assembly generating a brake-related signal in response to operation of the accelerator pedal assembly and the brake pedal assembly,
wherein in an autonomous driving mode of the vehicle, the accelerator pedal assembly and the brake pedal assembly get into a hide state as the accelerator pedal assembly and the brake pedal assembly come in contact with a front inclined surface of a footrest panel and positions thereof are fixed, and
wherein in a manual driving mode of the vehicle, the accelerator pedal assembly and the brake pedal assembly get into a popup state as positions of the accelerator pedal assembly and the brake pedal assembly are fixed to a bottom surface of the footrest panel in a state where the accelerator pedal assembly and the brake pedal assembly move to positions desired by a driver on the bottom surface.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/509,955Filed 25 Oct 2021
Priority: KR 10-2021-00729914 Jun 2021
Published: US 2022/0388393 A18 Dec 2022
Granted: 16 Apr 2024
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Classification24 codes

B60K 26/02
Arrangement or mounting of propulsion-unit control devices in vehicles: of initiating means or elements
B60T 7/065
Disposition of pedal: with means to prevent injuries in case of collision
B60R 16/033
For supply of electrical power to vehicle subsystems or for: characterised by the use of electrical cells or batteries
B60R 21/09
Occupant safety arrangements or fittings , e.g. crash pads: control elements or operating handles movable from an operative to an out-of-the way…