US 12,459,421 B2
Autonomous driving vehicle and method for high beam control thereof
Jun Hyung Song, Gwangmyeong-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 Aug. 23, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/813,859.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2023-0111991 (KR), filed on Aug. 25, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0065801 A1, Feb. 27, 2025
Int. Cl. B60Q 1/08 (2006.01); B60Q 1/14 (2006.01); B60W 10/20 (2006.01); B60W 30/09 (2012.01); B60W 30/16 (2020.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01)
CPC B60Q 1/085 (2013.01) [B60Q 1/143 (2013.01); B60W 10/20 (2013.01); B60W 30/09 (2013.01); B60W 30/16 (2013.01); B60W 50/0097 (2013.01); B60W 60/0015 (2020.02); B60Q 2300/45 (2013.01); B60Q 2800/10 (2022.05); B60W 2554/4044 (2020.02); B60W 2554/4045 (2020.02); B60W 2554/80 (2020.02)] 17 Claims
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1. A method of controlling an autonomous vehicle, the method comprising:
sensing, using a first sensor, an object located in front of the autonomous vehicle as the autonomous vehicle is driving on a driving path using a low beam of a headlight mounted on the autonomous vehicle;
when a portion of the object is exposed by the low beam and is additionally sensed by a second sensor, switching, by a processor, the low beam to a high beam;
in response to switching to the high beam, setting, by the processor, the object to be a target; and
determining, by the processor, a braking distance between the autonomous vehicle and the target.