Method for controlling vehicle according to destination type

• US 9,964,957 B2
• Filed: 07/12/2016
• Issued: 05/08/2018
• 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
• Primary Examiner(s): Smith, Jelani A
• Assistant Examiner(s): Martinez Borrero, Luis A
• Application Number:
  US15/208,319
• Publication Number:
  US 20170123432A1
• Time in Patent Office: 665 Days
• Field of Search: 701 23, 701533, 701 22, 701 1, 701117, 701 19, 701 2, 701 25, 701400, 701102, 701112, 701118
• 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, the method comprising:

when receiving, by a controller of the vehicle, a first input command including a selected destination and a selected destination type;

determining, by the controller of the vehicle, whether the selected destination type is a final destination; and

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

when receiving, by the controller of the vehicle, a second input command including the selected destination and not the selected destination type;

comparing, by the controller of the vehicle, a distance to the selected destination or a predicted time for the vehicle to arrive at the selected destination with a preset distance or a preset time, respectively; and

presenting, by the controller of the vehicle, a user input for a destination type when the distance to the selected destination or the predicted time for the vehicle to arrive at the destination is less than or equal to the preset distance or the preset time, respectively.

2. The method 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.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the final destination is the same as a point at which a driver gets off the vehicle.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising, when a driver is detected to get 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 according to claim 1, wherein controlling the vehicle to stop in the rightmost lane comprises utilizing a sensor provided in the vehicle, referencing lane information obtained from a camera, recognizing a curb using a laser scanner, or referencing lane information obtained from a navigation map.

6. The method 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 a driver to directly drive the vehicle up to the final destination, after the vehicle arrives at the vicinity of the destination.

7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising, when a 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.