US 2025/0319899 A1 · Vehicle Control Apparatus and Method Thereof

Abstract

Disclosed is a vehicle control apparatus which includes a sensor, memory, and a controller. For example, the vehicle control apparatus may obtain, using the sensor, environmental information about a surrounding environment of a vehicle that is driving and driving information of the vehicle, determine a plurality of boundary paths for driving of the vehicle, based on at least one of the environmental information, the driving information, or a maximum drivable curvature of the vehicle, determine an expected driving path based on a curvature required for the vehicle to drive to a destination, determine, based on the expected driving path being located within the plurality of boundary paths, a steering angle for following the expected driving path, update the expected driving path based on the determined steering angle, the environmental information, and the driving information, and control the vehicle based on the updated expected driving path.

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Dependent claims

A vehicle control apparatus comprising:

a sensor;
memory storing at least one instruction;
and
a controller operatively coupled with the sensor and the memory,
wherein the at least one instruction is configured to, when executed by the controller, cause the vehicle control apparatus to:
obtain, using the sensor:
environmental information about a surrounding environment of a vehicle that is driving, and
driving information of the vehicle;
determine a plurality of boundary paths for driving of the vehicle, based on at least one of the environmental information, the driving information, or a maximum drivable curvature of the vehicle;
determine, based on a curvature for the vehicle to drive to a destination, an expected driving path;
determine, based on the expected driving path being located within the plurality of boundary paths, a steering angle for following the expected driving path;
update the expected driving path based on the determined steering angle, the environmental information, and the driving information;
and
control, based on the updated expected driving path, the vehicle.

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A vehicle control method comprising:

obtaining, by a controller and using a sensor:
environmental information about a surrounding environment of a vehicle that is driving, and
driving information of the vehicle;
determining, by the controller, a plurality of boundary paths for driving of the vehicle, based on at least one of the environmental information, the driving information, or a maximum drivable curvature of the vehicle;
determining, by the controller and based on a curvature for the vehicle to drive to a destination, an expected driving path;
determining, by the controller and based on the expected driving path being located within the plurality of boundary paths, a steering angle for following the expected driving path;
updating, by the controller, the expected driving path based on the determined steering angle, the environmental information, and the driving information;
and
controlling, by the controller and based on the updated expected driving path, the vehicle.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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