US 12,447,968 B2
Vehicle control apparatus and method
Sung Kwan Kim, Incheon (KR); and Su Jin Han, 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 Nov. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/514,616.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2023-0063240 (KR), filed on May 16, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0383477 A1, Nov. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. B60W 30/18 (2012.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01)
CPC B60W 30/18163 (2013.01) [G06V 20/588 (2022.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2540/18 (2013.01); B60W 2540/215 (2020.02); B60W 2552/53 (2020.02)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle control apparatus comprising:
one or more sensors configured to obtain information related a vehicle being driven within a driving lane; and
a processor configured to
set a lane change start target point with respect to a center of the driving lane, and
set at least one new lane change start target point based on a position of the vehicle if it is determined that a center of the vehicle is biased in one direction with respect to the center of the driving lane.