APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DRIVING OF VEHICLE

• US 20190256083A1
• Filed: 06/18/2018
• Published: 08/22/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Kia Motors Corporation (Kia Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Kia Motors Corporation (Kia Corp.)
• Inventors: KANG, Min Chul, KIM, Beom Jun, LEE, Kyoung Jun, UM, Doo Jin, LEE, Dong Gu, OH, Dong Eon, YOO, Hyun-Jae, KIM, Dae Young, HAN, Young Min, MOON, Seung Geon, CHOI, Sung Woo, PARK, Chan-Il, YEO, Sung Yoon, KIM, Jee Young, KIM, Hoi Won
• Granted Patent: US 10,661,790 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/04 including control of propulsion units
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/20 including control of steering systems
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/146 Display means
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2420/403 Image sensing, e.g. optical camera
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2420/408 Radar; Laser, e.g. lidar
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2554/4041 Position
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2554/801 Lateral distance
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2554/804 Relative longitudinal speed
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2710/20 Steering systems
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2720/10 Longitudinal speed
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2754/10 Spatial relation or speed relative to objects
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2754/30 Longitudinal distance
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2754/50 Relative longitudinal speed
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/09 Taking automatic action to avoid collision, e.g. braking and steering
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/0953 the prediction being responsive to vehicle dynamic parameters
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/0956 the prediction being responsive to traffic or environmental parameters
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/14 Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention
• 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 1/0223 involving speed control of the vehicle vehicle fittings for automatically controlling, i.e. preventing speed from exceeding an arbitrarily established velocity or maintaining speed at a particular velocity, as selected by the vehicle operator B60K31/00
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0246 using a video camera in combination with image processing means
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0257 : using a radar radar systems designed for anti-collision purposes between land vehicles or between land vehicle and fixed obstacles G01S13/931

Abstract

An apparatus for controlling driving of a vehicle includes a display located in the vehicle, a sensor configured to collect information about a surrounding vehicle, and a processor electrically connected with the display and the sensor, and configured to obtain location information and speed information of at least one surrounding vehicle located on neighboring lanes beside a driving lane where the vehicle is traveling, using the sensor, when the at least one surrounding vehicle is located within a danger distance in a lateral direction of the vehicle, perform avoidance driving for avoiding the at least one surrounding vehicle in the driving lane, and display an indicator corresponding to the avoidance driving on the display.

Claims

1. An apparatus for controlling driving of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:

a display located in the vehicle;

a sensor configured to collect information about a surrounding vehicle; and

a processor configured to be electrically connected with the display and the sensor,

wherein the processor is configured to;

obtain location information and speed information of at least one surrounding vehicle located on neighboring lanes beside a driving lane where the vehicle is traveling, using the sensor;

when the at least one surrounding vehicle is located within a danger distance in a lateral direction of the vehicle, perform avoidance driving for avoiding the at least one surrounding vehicle in the driving lane; and

display an indicator corresponding to the avoidance driving on the display.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

when a relative speed between the at least one surrounding vehicle and the vehicle is less than a specified value, perform the avoidance driving.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

when the at least one surrounding vehicle is located within a specified distance in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, perform the avoidance driving.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

set the danger distance based on at least a portion of a size of the vehicle, a type of the vehicle, a speed of the vehicle, a size of the at least one surrounding vehicle, a type of the at least one surrounding vehicle, a speed of the at least one surrounding vehicle, or a width of the driving lane.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

when one surrounding vehicle is located within the danger distance in the lateral direction of the vehicle, perform the avoidance driving along a route away from the one surrounding vehicle in the driving lane.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the processor is further configured to:

display the indicator indicating a direction of the avoidance driving on the display.

7. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the processor is further configured to:

display an indicator indicating a direction of the avoidance driving within a zone indicating the driving lane on the display.

8. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the processor is further configured to:

when the one surrounding vehicle is located within a specified distance from the vehicle in a forward direction, calculate the route.

9. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the processor is further configured to:

when the one surrounding vehicle is located within a specified distance from the vehicle in a rear direction, maintain the avoidance driving.

10. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the processor is further configured to:

when the one surrounding vehicle is located further than a specified distance from the vehicle in a rear direction, release the avoidance driving.

11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the neighboring lanes comprise a first neighboring lane located on a left-hand side of the driving lane and a second neighboring lane located on a right-hand side of the driving lane,

wherein the at least one surrounding vehicle comprises a first surrounding vehicle located on the first neighboring lane and a second surrounding vehicle located on the second neighboring lane, and

wherein the processor is further configured to:

when the first surrounding vehicle and the second surrounding vehicle are located in the danger distance in the lateral direction of the vehicle, perform the avoidance driving by reducing a speed of the vehicle.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to:

display indicators respectively corresponding to a first object indicating the first surrounding vehicle and a second object indicating the second surrounding vehicle on the display.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to:

display an indicator indicating the reduction of the speed of the vehicle on the display.

14. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to:

when the first surrounding vehicle and the second surrounding vehicle are located within the danger distance in the lateral direction of the vehicle and within a specified distance from the vehicle in a forward direction, calculate a target speed of the vehicle and control the vehicle to perform deceleration driving depending on the target speed.

15. A method for controlling driving of a vehicle, the method comprising:

obtaining, by a processor, location information and speed information of at least one surrounding vehicle located on neighboring lanes beside a driving lane where the vehicle is traveling;

when the at least one surrounding vehicle is located within a danger distance in a lateral direction of the vehicle, performing, by the processor, avoidance driving for avoiding the at least one surrounding vehicle in the driving lane; and

displaying, by the processor, an indicator corresponding to the avoidance driving.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the performing of the avoidance driving includes performing the avoidance driving when a relative speed between the at least one surrounding vehicle and the vehicle is less than a specified value.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the performing of the avoidance driving includes performing the avoidance driving when the at least one surrounding vehicle is located within a specified distance in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle.

18. The method of claim 15, the method further comprising setting the danger distance based on at least a portion of a size of the vehicle, a type of the vehicle, a speed of the vehicle, a size of the at least one surrounding vehicle, a type of the at least one surrounding vehicle, a speed of the at least one surrounding vehicle, or a width of the driving lane.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the performing of the avoidance driving includes performing the avoidance driving along a route away from one surrounding vehicle in the driving lane when the one surrounding vehicle is located within the danger distance in the lateral direction of the vehicle.

20. The method of claim 19, the method further comprising when the one surrounding vehicle is located within a specified distance from the vehicle in a forward direction, calculating the route.