US 12,485,893 B2
Autonomous vehicle and method of controlling the same
Youngkee Kim, 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 Jan. 8, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/406,689.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2023-0061642 (KR), filed on May 12, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0375651 A1, Nov. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. B60W 30/165 (2020.01); B60W 30/14 (2006.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01)
CPC B60W 30/143 (2013.01) [B60W 30/165 (2013.01); B60W 60/001 (2020.02); B60W 2420/503 (2013.01); B60W 2520/28 (2013.01); B60W 2540/18 (2013.01); B60W 2552/53 (2020.02); B60W 2554/802 (2020.02); B60W 2556/50 (2020.02)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An autonomous vehicle controller comprising:
one or more processors; and
memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the autonomous vehicle controller to:
determine a lane on which a first vehicle is currently travelling;
determine a second vehicle that is ahead of the first vehicle;
determine, based on receiving from a steering wheel an indication of changing a travelling direction of the first vehicle and while the first vehicle is in an autonomous driving mode, whether the first vehicle is travelling along a predetermined route at an entry point of a ramp; and
control, based on determining whether the first vehicle is travelling along the predetermined route at the entry point of the ramp, a route and a speed of the first vehicle.