US 12,311,932 B2
Autonomous driving control apparatus and method thereof
Seok Youl Yang, Incheon (KR); Hee Kyung Kim, Seoul (KR); Sung Min Park, Seoul (KR); and Rosali Sun Pyun, Seongnam-Si (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 Oct. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/968,669.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0030975 (KR), filed on Mar. 11, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0286501 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. B60W 30/14 (2006.01); B60W 40/105 (2012.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01)
CPC B60W 30/143 (2013.01) [B60W 40/105 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 60/0015 (2020.02); B60W 60/0053 (2020.02); B60W 60/0059 (2020.02); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2555/60 (2020.02); B60W 2556/40 (2020.02)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An autonomous driving control apparatus, comprising:
a controller configured to determine whether there is a section where it is impossible to operate autonomous driving in front of an autonomous driving route of an autonomous vehicle, determine a maximum speed limit while a transition demand (TD) is output, based on a current speed of the autonomous vehicle, and output the TD before a predetermined distance from the section where it is impossible to operate the autonomous driving and control a speed of the autonomous vehicle based on the maximum speed limit;
a communication device configured to receive information related to a position of the autonomous vehicle;
a storage configured for storing map information; and
a sensor device configured to detect surrounding objects around the autonomous vehicle,
wherein the controller further configured to determine whether there is the section where it is impossible to operate the autonomous driving in front of the autonomous driving route of the autonomous vehicle, based on at least one of the information about the position, the map information, or information about the surrounding objects during the autonomous driving of the autonomous vehicle.