System and method for converting driving control rights in autonomous vehicles

An automated driving system of a vehicle, the system comprising:

• a driver monitoring unit configured to perform at least one of monitoring a gaze of a driver and determining a position of a hand of the driver;
• an automated-driving-level switching unit configured to determine whether a transition of a driving control over the vehicle is required based on whether driving environment of the vehicle has changed during the vehicle being driven under control of the automated driving system, and to determine an automated driving level to be switched based on a result of the performing by the drive monitoring unit;
• an automated driving control unit configured to control the vehicle according to the automated driving level;
• a driving pattern determining unit configured to determine a driving pattern of the driver based on a driving history of the driver associated with level 3 or higher than the level 3, wherein the level 3 is the automated driving level at which the automated driving system proactively controls the vehicle when two conditions are satisfied, but the automated driving system is able to request a take-over of the control of the vehicle by the driver;
• and
• a driving pattern applier configured to adjust the automated driving level based on the driving pattern of the driver, wherein the driving pattern applier is configured to determine the automated driving level to be the level 2 when a first score determined by subtracting a penalty score determined by the driving pattern determining unit based on the driving history of the driver from a predetermined reference score exceeds a preset value, and to adjust the automated driving level to be the level 1 when the first score is less than or equal to the preset value.