US 12,404,703 B2
Vehicle control apparatus and method thereof
Min Soo Kim, Anyang-si (KR); Soo Man Jung, Hwaseong-si (KR); Young Bum Cho, Seoul (KR); and Chang Woo Sohn, 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 Oct. 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/490,058.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2023-0062093 (KR), filed on May 14, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0376750 A1, Nov. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. E05B 77/02 (2014.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); B60W 10/18 (2012.01); B60W 10/30 (2006.01); B60W 30/09 (2012.01); E05B 85/10 (2014.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC E05B 77/02 (2013.01) [B60Q 9/008 (2013.01); B60W 10/18 (2013.01); B60W 10/30 (2013.01); B60W 30/09 (2013.01); E05B 85/107 (2013.01); G08G 1/166 (2013.01); B60W 2520/10 (2013.01); B60W 2530/00 (2013.01); B60W 2554/802 (2020.02); B60W 2710/18 (2013.01); B60W 2710/30 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle control apparatus, comprising:
a processor;
a forward detection device configured to identify an external object different from a vehicle, the external object being in front of the vehicle;
a door handle driving device configured to control a position of a door handle relative to a door part of the vehicle; and
a collision detection device configured to identify whether there is a collision of the vehicle,
wherein the processor is configured to:
identify whether a first signal is received from the forward detection device, based on the vehicle being operated at a speed in a specified range, and the first signal being based on one or both of a speed of the vehicle and a distance between the vehicle and the external object;
transmit a second signal for moving the door handle to a first position outward relative to the door part, by the door handle driving device, based on receiving the first signal; and
maintain a state where the door handle is at the first position, based on receiving a third signal from the collision detection device, the third signal corresponding to identifying an occurrence of a collision of the vehicle.