Vehicle and method for controlling the same

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

• determining, via a sensor of the vehicle, whether grip conditions of a steering wheel of the vehicle are satisfied, wherein the grip conditions are related to an output of a notification for requesting grip of the steering wheel to a driver of the vehicle, and wherein the output of the notification is based on at least one of a vehicle state of the vehicle during autonomous driving of the vehicle or a driver state of the driver during autonomous driving of the vehicle;
• and
• based on the determining of whether the grip conditions are satisfied, outputting a signal indicating whether to generate the notification or whether to release a previously generated notification, and
• based on the signal, performing at least one of:
• monitoring a grip on the steering wheel or adjusting the autonomous driving of the vehicle.

A vehicle comprising:

• a sensor;
• 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:
• obtain, via the sensor, during autonomous driving of the vehicle, state information comprising at least one of a vehicle state of the vehicle or a driver state of a driver of the vehicle,
• identify, based on the state information, grip conditions to be satisfied by the driver when gripping a steering wheel of the vehicle,
• determine, via a sensor associated with the steering wheel, whether the driver satisfies the grip conditions,
• output, based on a determination that the grip conditions are not satisfied, a signal requesting grip of the steering wheel, and
• adjust autonomous driving control of the vehicle based on whether the grip conditions are satisfied in response to the signal.