US 12,330,635 B2
Vehicle passenger accident prevention system and control method for the same
Sangweol Han, Hwaseong-si (KR); and Hwa Sun Lee, Suwon-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 Nov. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/988,254.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0158670 (KR), filed on Nov. 17, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0150487 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. B60W 30/09 (2012.01); B60R 22/48 (2006.01); B60W 10/04 (2006.01); B60W 10/18 (2012.01); B60W 30/16 (2020.01); B60W 40/02 (2006.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01)
CPC B60W 30/09 (2013.01) [B60R 22/48 (2013.01); B60W 10/04 (2013.01); B60W 10/18 (2013.01); B60W 30/16 (2013.01); B60W 40/02 (2013.01); B60R 2022/4808 (2013.01); B60R 2022/4866 (2013.01); B60R 2022/4891 (2013.01); B60W 2040/0881 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2540/049 (2020.02); B60W 2540/223 (2020.02); B60W 2554/80 (2020.02); B60W 2554/802 (2020.02); B60W 2555/20 (2020.02); B60Y 2200/143 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
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1. A vehicle passenger accident prevention system comprising:
a vehicle operation status measurement unit configured to measure an operation state of a vehicle and output corresponding signals;
a driving unit configured to drive the vehicle;
a braking unit configured to brake the vehicle;
a forward collision avoidance assist (FCA) system configured to control an operation of the driving unit and the braking unit;
a controller configured to:
detect a seated state of a passenger in the vehicle or a wearing state of a seat belt according to the output signals of the vehicle operation status measurement unit, and
control the operation of the FCA system according to a predetermined control mode when a standing passenger in the vehicle is detected or an unbuckled passenger is detected; and
an advanced smart cruise control system (ASCC) system having a function of maintaining an inter-vehicle distance with a front vehicle, and
wherein the predetermined control mode further comprises:
an inter-vehicle distance preemptive operation mode to operate the ASCC system in advance before the operation of the FCA system when the controller determines that the operation state corresponds to an operation condition of the FCA system according to the output signals of the vehicle operation status measurement unit, that there is a standing passenger in the vehicle or there is an unbuckled passenger according to the output signals of the vehicle operation status measurement unit, and that the operation state corresponds to a predetermined inter-vehicle distance preemptive operation condition according to the output signals of the vehicle operation status measurement unit.