Method of automatically controlling vehicle auto-hold

A method of automatically controlling vehicle auto-hold, the method comprising:

• collecting information on a vehicle traveling condition that applies when a driver operates a brake pedal while a vehicle is traveling;
• selecting learning data for learning on a pattern of a driver's operation of an auto-hold switch from among pieces of the information collected in the collecting of the information on the vehicle traveling condition, and storing the selected learning data;
• performing the learning on the pattern of the driver's operation of the auto-hold switch based on the learning data and generating a categorization model for the pattern of the driver's operation of the auto-hold switch according to a result of the learning;
• and
• determining whether or not to cause the auto-hold switch to enter an automatic operation mode while the vehicle is traveling, using the categorization model for the pattern of the driver's operation of the auto-hold switch, and selectively causing the auto-hold switch to enter the automatic operation mode according to a result of the determining,
• wherein in a case where the auto-hold switch is caused to enter the automatic operation mode, a controller determines whether or not the auto-hold switch is manually turned on by the driver, and
• wherein when the auto-hold switch is not manually turned on, the controller collects in real time information preset as an input value of the categorization model for the pattern of the driver's operation of the auto-hold switch and determines whether or not the collected information corresponds to a condition for automatically turning on the auto-hold switch, using the categorization model for the driver's operation of the auto-hold switch.