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Vehicle and method for controlling the same

  • US 10,131,353 B2
  • Filed: 11/20/2015
  • Issued: 11/20/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/02/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicle comprising:

  • a preceding-vehicle detection unit configured to detect a plurality of other vehicles located in front of the vehicle of a driver and to acquire information about a position of the plurality of other vehicles;

    a driver visual line detection unit configured to acquire information about a visual line of the driver and an angle of the visual line with respect to a front direction of the vehicle; and

    a control unit configured to choose a target vehicle based on the information about the position of the plurality of other vehicles which is acquired by the preceding-vehicle detection unit and the information about the visual line of the driver which is acquired by the driver visual line detection unit, and configured to control a traveling speed of the vehicle which the driver drives such that an inter-vehicle distance from the target vehicle becomes a preset distance,wherein when the driver respectively looks at first and second vehicles of the plurality of other vehicles, the control unit is configured to compare angles of visual lines corresponding to the first and second vehicles and give different weight values to the first and second vehicles based on a distance from the vehicle when the angles of visual lines are same to each other, andwherein the control unit is configured to choose one of the first and second vehicles as the target vehicle based on the weighted values.

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