# US 2023/0347889 A1 · Autonomous Driving Control Apparatus and Method for Controlling Setting Speed Thereof > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2023/0347889 A1 - Document ID: US20230347889A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/970,936 - Filed: 2022-10-21 - Published: 2023-11-02 - Earliest claimed: 2022-04-29 - Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Corporation - Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Corporation - Inventors: Cheol Hwan Yun; Han Na Yun - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20230347889A1 ## CPC - B60W 30/143: {Speed control (B60W30/16 takes precedence)} - B60K 31/047: {the memory being digital} - B60W 40/105: Speed - B60W 50/08: Interaction between the driver and the control system - B60W 50/085: {Changing the parameters of the control units, e.g. changing limit values, working points by control input} - B60W 60/001: {Planning or execution of driving tasks} - B60K 2310/244: changing target speed or setting a new target speed, e.g. changing algorithms - B60K 2360/782: on the steering wheel - B60W 2050/0066: {using buttons or a keyboard connected to the on-board processor} - B60W 2555/60: Traffic rules, e.g. speed limits or right of way - B60W: CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT - B60K: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES ## Abstract An embodiment autonomous driving control apparatus includes a set speed control panel configured to be manipulated to adjust a set speed that is followed by a vehicle during autonomous driving and a processor configured to control an increase or a decrease in the set speed to set an adjusted set speed based on a manipulation duration of the set speed control panel and to control the vehicle to follow the adjusted set speed. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An autonomous driving control apparatus comprising: a set speed control panel configured to be manipulated to adjust a set speed that is followed by a vehicle during autonomous driving; and a processor configured to control an increase or a decrease in the set speed to set an adjusted set speed based on a manipulation duration of the set speed control panel and to control the vehicle to follow the adjusted set speed. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The autonomous driving control apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to determine whether a manipulation is an increasing manipulation or a decreasing manipulation based on a manipulation direction of the set speed control panel. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The autonomous driving control apparatus of claim 2, wherein, in response to a determination that the manipulation is the increasing manipulation, the processor is configured to determine whether the manipulation duration of the set speed control panel is equal to or greater than a predetermined first reference value. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The autonomous driving control apparatus of claim 3, wherein, in response to a determination that the manipulation duration of the set speed control panel is not equal to or greater than the predetermined first reference value, the processor is configured to increase the set speed by a first predetermined unit. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The autonomous driving control apparatus of claim 4, wherein, in response to a determination that the manipulation duration of the set speed control panel is equal to or greater than the predetermined first reference value, the processor is configured to determine whether the manipulation duration of the set speed control panel is equal to or greater than a second reference value that is greater than the predetermined first reference value. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The autonomous driving control apparatus of claim 5, wherein, in response to a determination that the manipulation duration of the set speed control panel is not equal to or greater than the second reference value, the processor is configured to increase the set speed by a second unit that is greater than the first predetermined unit. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The autonomous driving control apparatus of claim 5, wherein: in response to a determination that the manipulation duration of the set speed control panel is equal to or greater than the second reference value, the processor is configured to determine whether a current set speed of the vehicle is lower than a speed limit of a driving road; and in response to a determination that the current set speed is lower than the speed limit of the driving road, the processor is configured to change the current set speed of the vehicle to the speed limit of the driving road. ### Claim 8 (depends on 2) The autonomous driving control apparatus of claim 2, wherein, in response to a determination that the manipulation is the decreasing manipulation, the processor is configured to determine whether the manipulation duration of the set speed control panel is equal to or greater than a predetermined first reference value. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The autonomous driving control apparatus of claim 8, wherein, in response to a determination that the manipulation duration of the set speed control panel is not equal to or greater than the predetermined first reference value, the processor is configured to decrease the set speed by a first predetermined unit. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The autonomous driving control apparatus of claim 9, wherein, in response to a determination that the manipulation duration of the set speed control panel is equal to or greater than the predetermined first reference value, the processor is configured to determine whether the manipulation duration of the set speed control panel is equal to or greater than a second reference value that is greater than the predetermined first reference value. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The autonomous driving control apparatus of claim 10, wherein, in response to a determination that the manipulation duration of the set speed control panel is not equal to or greater than the second reference value, the processor is configured to decrease the set speed by a second unit that is greater than the first predetermined unit. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The autonomous driving control apparatus of claim 11, wherein: in response to a determination that the manipulation duration of the set speed control panel is equal to or greater than the second reference value, the processor is configured to determine whether a current set speed of the vehicle exceeds a speed limit of a driving road; and in response to a determination that the current set speed exceeds the speed limit of the driving road, the processor is configured to change the current set speed to the speed limit of the driving road. ### Claim 13 An autonomous driving control apparatus comprising: a set speed control panel configured to be manipulated to adjust a set speed that is followed by a vehicle during autonomous driving, wherein the set speed control panel comprises a ball-type scroll switch, a roll-type scroll switch, a lever switch, a left-right rotation scroll switch, a touch screen, a button, a tumbler switch, or any combination thereof; and a processor configured to control an increase or a decrease in the set speed to set an adjusted set speed based on a manipulation duration of the set speed control panel and to control the vehicle to follow the adjusted set speed. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The autonomous driving control apparatus of claim 13, wherein the set speed control panel comprises the button, the button includes a one-step pressing function, and the processor is configured to determine a time for pressing and maintaining the button as the manipulation duration. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The autonomous driving control apparatus of claim 13, wherein the set speed control panel comprises the button, the button includes a two-step pressing function, and the processor is configured to determine a time for pressing and maintaining the button as the manipulation duration based on a pressing strength of the button. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The autonomous driving control apparatus of claim 13, wherein the set speed control panel comprises the button, the button is a touch button, and the processor is configured to determine a time for swiping and maintaining the touch button up or down as the manipulation duration. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The autonomous driving control apparatus of claim 13, wherein the set speed control panel comprises the button, the button is a touch button comprising an increasing manipulation area to increase the set speed and a decreasing manipulation area to decrease the set speed, and the processor is configured to determine a time for touching and maintaining the increasing manipulation area or the decreasing manipulation area as the manipulation duration. ### Claim 18 (depends on 13) The autonomous driving control apparatus of claim 13, wherein the set speed control panel comprises the tumbler switch or the lever switch, and wherein the processor is configured to determine a time for raising and maintaining or lowering and maintaining the tumbler switch or the lever switch as the manipulation duration. ### Claim 19 (depends on 13) The autonomous driving control apparatus of claim 13, wherein the set speed control panel comprises the lever switch, and wherein the processor is configured to determine a time for rotating and maintaining a rotation portion of the lever switch up or down as the manipulation duration. ### Claim 20 An autonomous driving control method for a vehicle, the method comprising: receiving manipulation of a set speed control panel to adjust a set speed for the vehicle to follow during autonomous driving; controlling an increase or a decrease in the set speed to set an adjusted set speed based on a manipulation duration of the manipulation of the set speed control panel; and controlling the vehicle to follow the adjusted set speed.