Autonomous vehicle and method for controlling stop thereof
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsYim Ju Kang, Hoon Lee
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Abstract
A stop control method for the autonomous vehicle includes: a processor configured to classify stop zones depending on predetermined requirement, to select one of the classified stop zones as a stop point by determining a degree of suitability of the classified stop zones based on the predetermined requirement, and to control the autonomous vehicle to stop at the selected stop point when the autonomous vehicle is stopped; and a storage configured to store data and algorithms driven by the processor.
Claims18
An autonomous vehicle comprising:
- a processor configured to classify stop zones depending on predetermined requirement, to select one of the classified stop zones as a stop point by determining a degree of suitability of the classified stop zones based on the predetermined requirement, and to control the autonomous vehicle to stop at the selected stop point when the autonomous vehicle is commanded to stop;
- and
- a storage configured to store data and algorithms driven by the processor,
- wherein the predetermined requirement includes at least one of a stop zone designated when the vehicle is stopped, a distance from a station, posture information of the vehicle, a path to arrive at the stop point, a path leaving a station from the stop point, or any combination thereof,
- wherein the processor is configured to add up the degree of suitability in a boarding zone of the autonomous vehicle into the degree of suitability assigned to the stop zone, and classify a stop zone in which boarding and alighting of an occupant is to be obstructed by an obstacle or an already stopped vehicle as a stop dangerous zone,
- wherein the processor is configured to assign a priority or a degree of stop suitability which is lower than a predetermined reference value to the stop dangerous zone.
A stop control method for an autonomous vehicle, the stop control method comprising:
- classifying, by a processor, a vicinity of a station into at least one stop zone based on a predetermined requirement when the autonomous vehicle is stopped;
- assigning, by the processor, a degree of stop suitability to the classified stop zone;
- selecting, by the processor, one stop point based on the degree of stop suitability of the classified stop zone;
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- controlling, by the processor, the autonomous vehicle to stop at the selected stop point,
- wherein the predetermined requirement includes at least one of a stop zone designated when the vehicle is stopped, a distance from a station, posture information of the vehicle, a path to arrive at the stop point, a path leaving a station from the stop point, or any combination thereof, and
- wherein the assigning, by the processor, a degree of stop suitability to the classified stop zone include adding up the degree of suitability in a boarding zone of the autonomous vehicle into the degree of suitability assigned to the stop zone;
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- classifying, by the processor, a stop zone in which boarding and alighting of an occupant is to be obstructed by an obstacle or an already stopped vehicle as a stop dangerous zone,
- wherein the processor is configured to assign a priority or a degree of stop suitability which is lower than a predetermined reference value to the stop dangerous zone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.