US 12,466,446 B2
Method of controlling switching to manual driving mode of autonomous vehicle
Myung Ki Yeom, Incheon (KR); and In Su Kim, Anyang-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 Jan. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/097,843.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0122935 (KR), filed on Sep. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0101159 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01)
CPC B60W 60/0053 (2020.02) [B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2540/215 (2020.02); B60W 2552/10 (2020.02)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of controlling switching to a manual driving mode of an autonomous vehicle, the method comprising:
verifying, by an autonomous driving controller, whether a driver requests switching to the manual driving mode;
determining, by the autonomous driving controller, whether the driver selects a first option to be switched to the manual driving mode while driving or a second option to be switched to the manual driving mode after stopping;
controlling, by the autonomous driving controller, switching to the manual driving mode after moving the autonomous vehicle to a safe lane including an agreed lane provided from a control center upon concluding that the driver selects the first option; and
controlling, by the autonomous driving controller, switching to the manual driving mode after moving the autonomous vehicle to a safe place including an agreed place provided from the control center upon concluding that the driver selects the second option.