Inter-vehicle distance controller, system including the same, and method thereof
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorSeongWoong Lim
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Abstract
An inter-vehicle distance controller, a system including the same, and a method thereof are provided. The inter-vehicle distance controller includes a processor that determines whether to enable an inter-vehicle distance control function, based on information in front of a host vehicle and driving information of the host vehicle. Whether to enable the inter-vehicle distance control function is determined by determining a user intent to accelerate the host vehicle or a user intent to use the inter-vehicle distance control function although the host vehicle is stopped. A storage stores the information in front of the host vehicle and the driving information of the host vehicle.
Claims20
An inter-vehicle distance controller, comprising:
- a processor configured to determine whether to enable an inter-vehicle distance control function, based on information in front of a host vehicle and driving information of the host vehicle, wherein whether to enable the inter-vehicle distance control function is determined by determining a user intent to accelerate the host vehicle or a user intent to use the inter-vehicle distance control function although the host vehicle is stopped;
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- a storage configured to store the information in front of the host vehicle and the driving information of the host vehicle.
A vehicle system, comprising:
- a sensing module configured to obtain information in front of a host vehicle and driving information of the host vehicle;
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- an inter-vehicle distance controller configured to determine whether to enable an inter-vehicle distance control function, based on the information in front of the host vehicle and the driving information of the host vehicle,
- wherein whether to enable the inter-vehicle distance control function is determined by determining a user intent to accelerate the host vehicle or a user intent to use the inter-vehicle distance control function although the host vehicle is stopped.
An inter-vehicle distance control method, comprising:
- obtaining, by a controller, information in front of a host vehicle and driving information of the host vehicle;
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- determining, by the controller, whether to enable an inter-vehicle distance control function, based on the information in front of the host vehicle and the driving information of the host vehicle, wherein whether to enable the inter-vehicle distance control function is determined by determining a user intent to accelerate the host vehicle or a user intent to use the inter-vehicle distance control function although the host vehicle is stopped;
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- operating, by the controller, the host vehicle as a result of the determination whether to enable the inter-vehicle distance control function.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.