METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE ACCORDING TO DESTINATION TYPE

• US 20170123432A1
• Filed: 07/12/2016
• Published: 05/04/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: Yoon, Ji Hyun
• Granted Patent: US 9,964,957 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2400/00 Indexing codes relating to detected, measured or calculated conditions or factors
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2420/403 Image sensing, e.g. optical camera
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2720/10 Longitudinal speed
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/06 Automatic manoeuvring for parking
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/14 Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 60/0021 specially adapted for travel time
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0214 in accordance with safety or protection criteria, e.g. avoiding hazardous areas monitoring the location of vehicles within a certain area, e.g. forbidden or allowed areas, in traffic control systems for road vehicles G08G1/13
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0248 in combination with a laser lasers per se H01S

Abstract

A method for controlling a vehicle according to a destination type may promote convenience of a driver by changing a method for controlling a self driving vehicle according to a destination type set by the driver. The method for controlling a vehicle according to a destination type includes: deciding whether or not a destination type selected from a driver is a final destination; and controlling the vehicle to stop in the rightmost lane of a road closest to the final destination after the vehicle arrives at the vicinity of the final destination, when the selected destination type is the final destination.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a vehicle according to a destination type, comprising:

deciding, with a controller of the vehicle, whether or not a destination type selected from a driver ^is a final destination; and

controlling, with the controller of the vehicle, the vehicle to stop in the rightmost lane of a road closest to the final destination after the vehicle arrives at the vicinity of the final destination, when the selected destination type is the final destination.

2. The method for controlling a vehicle according to a destination type according to claim 1, wherein the destination type includes the final destination, a landmark around the final destination, or a passage place that is not recognized whether or not it is the final destination, and the landmark includes a surrounding building, facility, or signboard. The method for controlling a vehicle according to a destination type according to claim 1, wherein the final destination is the same as a point at which the driver gets off the vehicle.

4. The method for controlling a vehicle according to a destination type according to claim 1, further comprising, when the driver gets out of the vehicle after the vehicle stops in the rightmost lane of the road closest to the final destination:

switching the vehicle into an autonomous parking mode; and

allowing the vehicle to search a parking lot around the vehicle and to perform autonomous parking in the searched parking lot.

5. The method for controlling a vehicle according to a destination type according to claim 1, wherein in controlling the vehicle to stop in the rightmost lane, a sensor provided in the vehicle is used, and lane information of a camera, a method for recognizing a curb using a laser scanner, or lane information of a navigation map is used.

6. The method for controlling a vehicle according to a destination type according to claim 1, further comprising, when the selected destination type is not the final destination:

warning the driver that the destination is not the final destination; and

allowing the driver to directly drive the vehicle up to the final destination, after the vehicle arrives at the vicinity of the destination.

7. The method for controlling a vehicle according to a destination type according to claim 1, further comprising, when the driver does not select the destination type:

comparing a distance up to the destination or a time required for the vehicle to arrive at the destination with a preset distance or a preset time, respectively; and

inducing the driver to again select a destination type in the case in which the distance up to the destination or the time required for the vehicle to arrive at the destination is the preset distance or time or less.

8. The method for controlling a vehicle according to a destination type according to claim 7, further comprising, when the driver does not continuously select the destination type:

warning the driver that the destination is not the final destination; and

allowing the driver to directly drive the vehicle up to the final destination.