Vehicle assistance apparatus and vehicle

A vehicle assistance apparatus comprising:

• an object detection unit configured to detect an object outside a vehicle;
• a communication unit configured to receive an image obtained by an adjacent vehicle;
• and
• a processor configured to:
• determine, based on the object detected outside the vehicle, a speed of the vehicle,
• detect, in the received image, an on-state or an off-state of a brake lamp of the vehicle,
• determine, based on the determined speed of the vehicle and the on-state or the off-state of the brake lamp, whether the vehicle undergoes acceleration during a braking operation of the vehicle, and
• provide, based on a determination that the vehicle undergoes acceleration during the braking operation of the vehicle, a control signal to restrict further acceleration of the vehicle,
• wherein the processor is configured to determine that the vehicle undergoes acceleration during the braking operation of the vehicle by:
• determining whether the speed of the vehicle increases while the brake lamp of the vehicle is in the on-state;
• and
• based on a determination that the speed of the vehicle increases while the brake lamp of the vehicle is in the on-state, determining that the vehicle undergoes acceleration during the braking operation of the vehicle.

A vehicle comprising a vehicle assistance apparatus that comprises:

• an interface unit configured to receive information regarding an electric current provided to a brake lamp of a vehicle;
• an object detection unit configured to detect an object outside the vehicle;
• and
• a processor configured to:
• determine, based on the detected object, a speed of the vehicle;
• determine, based on the determined speed of the vehicle and the information regarding the electric current provided to the brake lamp of the vehicle, whether the vehicle undergoes acceleration during a braking operation of the vehicle;
• and
• provide, based on a determination that the vehicle undergoes acceleration during the braking operation of the vehicle, a control signal to restrict further acceleration of the vehicle,
• wherein the processor is configured to determine that the vehicle undergoes acceleration during the braking operation of the vehicle by:
• determining whether the speed of the vehicle increases while the electric current flows to the brake lamp of the vehicle;
• and
• based on a determination that the speed of the vehicle increases while the electric current flows to the brake lamp, determining that the vehicle undergoes acceleration during the braking operation of the vehicle.