Vehicle for performing minimal risk maneuver and method for operating the same
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsMin Kook YANG, Jong Sung PARK, Chan Jong JANG, Yong Bin MIN
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Abstract
Disclosed is a vehicle which supports a minimal risk maneuver. The vehicle performs driving, perform the minimal risk maneuver when a specific event occurs during the driving, eliminates the risk of the vehicle in accordance with the initiation of the minimal risk maneuver, ends the minimal risk maneuver when the risk of the vehicle is eliminated, and performs the driving again after ending the minimal risk maneuver.
Claims20
A vehicle for performing a minimal risk maneuver, the vehicle comprising:
- a sensor which senses an environment around the vehicle and generates data related to the environment;
- a processor which monitors a state of the vehicle to generate data related to the state of the vehicle, and controls autonomous driving of the vehicle;
- and
- a controller which controls operations of the vehicle according to the control of the processor,
- wherein the processor
- generates a request for the minimal risk maneuver when it is determined that there is an abnormality in at least one of the states of the vehicle,
- determines any one of a plurality of types as a minimal risk maneuver type based on the state of the vehicle, and
- controls the controller to perform the minimal risk maneuver of the vehicle in accordance with contents of the minimal risk maneuver type.
A method for operating a vehicle for performing a minimal risk maneuver, the method comprising:
- a first step of generating a request for the minimal risk maneuver of the vehicle;
- a second step of monitoring a state of the vehicle;
- a third step of determining any one of a plurality of types as a minimal risk maneuver type based on the state of the vehicle;
- and
- a forth step of performing the minimal risk maneuver of the vehicle in accordance with contents of the minimal risk maneuver type.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.