US 12,752,819 B2Granted

Apparatus for controlling autonomous driving and method thereof

AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation

InventorChi Hong Park

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Abstract

Disclosed is an apparatus for autonomous driving control. The apparatus may include a feedback device including a first feedback device and a second feedback device, a memory, and a control device. For example, the apparatus may detect an event related to a transition of control authority of a host vehicle in an autonomous driving mode, may determine whether the first feedback device is operating in a normal state based on failing to receive a response regarding the transition of the control authority from a user during a first time period, may output a first feedback via the first feedback device, based on a determination that the first feedback device is operating in the normal state, and may output a second feedback via the second notification device based on a determination that the first first feedback device is not operating in the normal state.

Claims20

Dependent claims

An apparatus for autonomous driving control, the apparatus comprising:

a feedback device including a first feedback device and a second feedback device;
a memory configured to store instructions;
and
a control device operatively connected to the feedback device and the memory,
wherein the instructions, when executed by the control device, cause the apparatus to:
detect an event related to a transition of control authority of a host vehicle in an autonomous driving mode;
based on failing to receive a response regarding the transition of the control authority from a user during a first time period, determine whether the first feedback device is operating in a normal state;
based on a determination that the first feedback device is operating in the normal state, output a first feedback via the first feedback device;
based on a determination that the first feedback device is not operating in the normal state, output a second feedback via the second feedback device;
and
based on a user input for controlling the first feedback device or the second feedback device, deactivate the autonomous driving mode and transfer the control authority of the host vehicle to the user.

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A method for autonomous driving control, the method comprising:

detecting, by a control device, an event related to a transition of control authority of a host vehicle in an autonomous driving mode;
based on failing to receive a response regarding the transition of the control authority from a user during a first time period, determining, by the control device, whether a first feedback device is operating in a normal state;
based on a determination that the first feedback device is not operating in the normal state, controlling, by the control device, output of a second feedback via a second feedback device, wherein the second feedback is different from a first feedback associated with the first feedback device;
and
based on a user input for controlling the first feedback device or the second feedback device, deactivating the autonomous driving mode and transferring the control authority of the host vehicle to the user.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/517,697Filed 22 Nov 2023
Priority: KR 10-2023-008357828 Jun 2023
Published: US 2025/0002055 A12 Jan 2025
Granted: 6 Oct 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification14 codes

B60W 60/0059
Handover processes: estimation of the risk associated with autonomous or manual driving, e.g. situation too complex, sensor failure or driver…
B60N 2/0244
Non-manual adjustments, e.g. with electrical operation: with logic circuits
B60R 22/48
Safety belts or body harnesses in vehicles: control systems, alarms, or interlock systems, for the correct application of the belt or harness
B60W 30/143
Adaptive cruise control: speed control