US 12,269,471 B2
Acceleration limit control apparatus and method
Do Hwa Kim, Gwacheon-si (KR); Hui Un Son, Suwon-si (KR); and Sung Il Jung, Busan (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Nov. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/051,649.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0020184 (KR), filed on Feb. 16, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0256966 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. B60W 30/14 (2006.01); B60W 40/09 (2012.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01); B60W 50/08 (2020.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01)
CPC B60W 30/143 (2013.01) [B60W 40/09 (2013.01); B60W 50/085 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0083 (2013.01); B60W 2050/143 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2540/106 (2013.01); B60W 2540/12 (2013.01); B60W 2540/18 (2013.01); B60W 2540/22 (2013.01); B60W 2540/221 (2020.02); B60W 2540/30 (2013.01); B60W 2556/10 (2020.02)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
at least one processor; and
memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:
set a plurality of vehicle speed ranges;
receive, from a biometric sensor as biometric information of a driver of a vehicle, a heart rate of the driver and a stress index of the driver;
determine, based on the biometric information, whether to adjust an acceleration limit level, which is associated with an acceleration limit control operation of the vehicle, for each of the plurality of vehicle speed ranges;
adjust the acceleration limit level by increasing or decreasing the acceleration limit level; and
control, based on a degree of an accelerator pedal manipulation and the adjusted acceleration limit level, an acceleration of the vehicle.