Method and apparatus for controlling lane change
AssigneeHyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
InventorGe O Park
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Abstract
An apparatus for controlling lane change is disclosed. The apparatus may include a weight detection unit sensing weight of freight, a safety space setting unit receiving sensed weight and setting a safety space required for a vehicle to safely move to a target lane from a current lane based on the sensed weight, a sensor unit sensing whether an object exists in the safety space using at least one sensor, and a control unit controlling the vehicle to move to the target lane within a preset time when there is no sensed object. A method of controlling lane change is also disclosed.
Claims10
An apparatus for controlling lane change, the apparatus comprising:
- a weight detection unit sensing weight of freight;
- a safety space setting unit receiving sensed weight and setting a safety space required for a vehicle to safely move to a target lane from a current lane based on the sensed weight;
- a sensor unit sensing whether an object exists in the safety space using at least one sensor;
- a control unit controlling the vehicle to move to the target lane within a preset time when there is no sensed object;
- and
- a Smart Cruise Control (SCC) unit controlling the vehicle to drive while keeping a preset distance from a front vehicle,
- wherein the SCC unit controls the vehicle by further considering the sensed weight.
A method of controlling lane change, the method comprising:
- a process of sensing, by a weight detection unit, weight of freight;
- a process of receiving, by a safety space setting unit, sensed weight and setting, by the safety space setting unit, a safety space required for a vehicle to safely move to a target lane from a current lane based on the sensed weight;
- a process of sensing, by a sensor unit, whether an object exists in the safety space using at least one sensor;
- a process of controlling, by a control unit, the vehicle to move to the target lane within a preset time when there is no sensed object;
- and
- a Smart Cruise Control (SCC) process of controlling, by a Smart Cruise Control unit, the vehicle to drive while keeping a preset distance from a front vehicle,
- wherein the SCC process further includes controlling, by the SCC unit, the vehicle by considering the sensed weight.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.