Vehicle and method for controlling the same

A method performed by an apparatus of a vehicle, the method comprising:

• identifying, via a sensor of the vehicle, a preceding vehicle, wherein the preceding vehicle corresponds to a target object for the vehicle to follow during autonomous driving of the vehicle;
• creating, based on driving information of the identified preceding vehicle, a virtual object associated with the preceding vehicle;
• outputting a signal indicating the preceding vehicle and the created virtual object;
• and
• controlling, based on the signal, autonomous driving of the vehicle.

A vehicle, the apparatus comprising:

• a sensor configured to detect at least one external vehicles;
• a processor;
• and
• a memory storing at least one instruction that, when executed by the processor communicating with the memory, is configured to cause the vehicle to:
• identify, via the sensor, a preceding vehicle that is being autonomously followed by the vehicle,
• determine, based on driving information of the preceding vehicle, whether the preceding vehicle exhibits driving behavior that satisfies a condition,
• based on the driving behaving satisfying the condition, output a signal indicating a virtual vehicle object associated with the preceding vehicle, and
• based on the signal, switch control of autonomous driving of the vehicle from following the preceding vehicle to following the virtual vehicle object.