Vehicle control system and method
AssigneeHyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
InventorJeong Hee Lee
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Abstract
A vehicle control system includes a setting unit to sense a plurality of forward vehicles positioned ahead of a subject vehicle in a driving direction, to classify each of the forward vehicles as a far-away vehicle or a near-by vehicle, and to set each of the far-away vehicles as an interest vehicle, a receiving unit to receive braking information of each of the interest vehicles from the respective interest vehicles, and a control unit to control braking of the subject vehicle based on the braking information of each of the interest vehicles received by the receiving unit.
Claims16
A vehicle control system comprising:
- a memory storing instructions that when executed by a processor controls a vehicle;
- the processor configured to:
- sense a plurality of forward vehicles positioned ahead of a subject vehicle in a driving direction, to classify each of the forward vehicles as a far-away vehicle or a near-by vehicle, and to set each of the far-away vehicles as an interest vehicle;
- receive braking information of each of the interest vehicles from the respective interest vehicles;
- and
- control braking of the subject vehicle based on the braking information received from each of the interest vehicles;
- and
- a transmitter configured to transmit the braking information of one or more of the interest vehicles to a following vehicle when the braking information of the respective one or more interest vehicles received exceeds a reference value,
- wherein the processor is further configured to determine whether wireless communication of a following vehicle adjacent to the subject vehicle is possible,
- wherein when it is determined that wireless communication of the following vehicle adjacent to the subject vehicle is impossible and braking information of one or more of the far-away vehicles exceeds the reference value, the processor is configured to set a passenger protection device for protecting a passenger into a standby mode.
A vehicle control method comprising:
- sensing a plurality of forward vehicles positioned ahead of a subject vehicle in a driving direction, classifying each of the forward vehicles as a far-away vehicle or a near-by vehicle, and setting each of the far-away vehicles as an interest vehicle;
- receiving braking information of each of the interest vehicles from the respective interest vehicles;
- controlling braking of the subject vehicle based on the braking information of each of the interest vehicles;
- transmitting the braking information of one or more of the interest vehicles to a following vehicle adjacent to the subject vehicle when the braking information of the respective one or more interest vehicles exceeds a reference value;
- determining whether wireless communication of the following vehicle adjacent to the subject vehicle is possible;
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- setting a passenger protection device for protecting a passenger into a standby mode when wireless communication of the following vehicle adjacent to the subject vehicle is impossible and when the braking information of one or more of the interest vehicles exceeds the reference value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.