US 2024/0190479 A1 · Apparatus for Controlling Autonomous Driving and Method for the Same

Abstract

An apparatus for controlling autonomous driving and a method for the same are provided. The apparatus includes a sensor device provided in a vehicle to acquire information on a collision risk during autonomous driving of the vehicle, a user input sensing device to sense a control input, which is input from a user of the vehicle, for switching an autonomous driving mode, and a processor to determine a collision risk, based on the information acquired through the sensor device, to determine whether to switch the autonomous driving mode, based on the control input of the user, when the collision risk is determined as being present, and to control autonomous driving of the vehicle, based on a determination result of whether to switch the autonomous driving mode.

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Dependent claims

An apparatus comprising:

a sensor device, of a vehicle, to acquire information associated with at least one collision risk during an autonomous driving of the vehicle;
a user input sensing device configured to sense, from a user of the vehicle, a control input associated with switching of an autonomous driving mode;
and
a processor configured to:
determine, based on the information acquired through the sensor device, a collision risk of the at least one collision risk;
determine whether to switch, from the autonomous driving mode to a manual mode, based on the control input and the determined collision risk;
and
control, based on a determination whether to switch from the autonomous driving mode to the manual mode, the autonomous driving of the vehicle.

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A method comprising:

acquiring, by a sensor device of a vehicle, information associated with at least one collision risk during an autonomous driving of the vehicle;
sensing, by a user input sensing device and from a user of the vehicle, a control input associated with switching of an autonomous driving mode;
determining, by a processor and based on the information acquired through the sensor device, a collision risk of the at least one collision risk;
determining, by the processor, whether to switch, from the autonomous driving mode to a manual mode, based on the control input and the determined collision risk;
and
controlling, by the processor and based on a determination whether to switch from the autonomous driving mode to the manual mode, the autonomous driving of the vehicle.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

18/223,858Filed 19 Jul 2023

Priority

KR 10-2022-017389213 Dec 2022

Published

13 Jun 2024

Term ends

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Classification8 codes

B60W 60/0053
Handover processes: from vehicle to occupant
B60W 30/095
Active safety systems predicting or avoiding probable or impending collision or attempting to minimise its consequences: predicting travel path or…
B60W 50/10
Interaction between the driver and the control system: interpretation of driver requests or demands
B60W 50/14
Interaction between the driver and the control system: means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention

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