APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE USING VEHICLE COMMUNICATION
First Claim
1. An apparatus for controlling a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
- a communication unit for receiving, from an object vehicle, object vehicle surrounding information including lane information from a viewpoint of the object vehicle, through wireless communication;
a measurement unit for measuring vehicle information of a subject vehicle;
an object vehicle detection unit for detecting a location and a speed of the object vehicle, using the received object vehicle surrounding information and the vehicle information measured by the measurement unit; and
a vehicle control unit for controlling an operation of the subject vehicle using information on the location and the speed of the object vehicle.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a technology of controlling a vehicle using vehicle communication, and more particularly, to a technology of receiving, from an object vehicle or an infrastructure device, object vehicle surrounding information or infrastructure device surrounding information including lane information from the viewpoint of the object vehicle or lane information from the viewpoint of the infrastructure device, and then detecting the object vehicle on the basis of the received object vehicle surrounding information and the received infrastructure device surrounding information, thereby performing vehicle controls such as lane change assistance and lane change control.
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14 Claims
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1. An apparatus for controlling a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
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a communication unit for receiving, from an object vehicle, object vehicle surrounding information including lane information from a viewpoint of the object vehicle, through wireless communication; a measurement unit for measuring vehicle information of a subject vehicle; an object vehicle detection unit for detecting a location and a speed of the object vehicle, using the received object vehicle surrounding information and the vehicle information measured by the measurement unit; and a vehicle control unit for controlling an operation of the subject vehicle using information on the location and the speed of the object vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of controlling a vehicle, the method comprising;
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an object vehicle surrounding information reception step of receiving, from an object vehicle, object vehicle surrounding information including lane information from a viewpoint of the object vehicle, through wireless communication; a subject vehicle information measurement step of measuring vehicle information of a subject vehicle; an object vehicle detection step of detecting a location and a speed of the object vehicle, using the received object vehicle surrounding information and the measured vehicle information of the subject vehicle; and a vehicle control step for controlling an operation of the subject vehicle using information on the location and the speed of the object vehicle.
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14. A method of controlling a vehicle, the method comprising;
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an object vehicle surrounding information reception step of receiving, from an object vehicle, object vehicle surrounding information including lane information from a viewpoint of the object vehicle, through wireless communication; a subject vehicle information measurement step of measuring vehicle information of a subject vehicle; a lane information conversion step of converting first lane information from the viewpoint of the object vehicle into second lane information from a viewpoint of the subject vehicle, using the received object vehicle surrounding information and the measured vehicle information of the subject vehicle; and a vehicle control step for controlling an operation of the subject vehicle, relating to a lane, using the converted second lane information.
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