US 12,275,438 B2
Apparatus and method for controlling driving of a vehicle
Dong Hoon Kang, Seoul (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 Apr. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/721,579.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0098048 (KR), filed on Jul. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0028342 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. B60W 60/00 (2020.01)
CPC B60W 60/0053 (2020.02) [B60W 2540/10 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for controlling driving of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
a sensor configured to detect an input amount of an accelerator pedal actuated by a user; and
a controller configured to determine an erroneous actuation of the accelerator pedal based on the input amount of the accelerator pedal and to determine whether to release autonomous driving according to whether the accelerator pedal is erroneously actuated,
wherein the release of autonomous driving includes that driving control is transferred to the user, and
wherein the controller is configured to determine whether the input amount of the accelerator pedal is greater than or equal to a second input amount greater than a first input amount when it is determined that the input amount of the accelerator pedal exceeds the first input amount.