APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE AND METHOD THEREOF

Organization Name

KIA CORPORATION

Inventor(s)

Eung Seo Kim of Gwacheon-Si (KR)

Dong Hyun Sung of Hwaseong-si (KR)

Yong Seok Kwon of Suwon-Si (KR)

Sang Min Lee of Seoul (KR)

Tae-Geun An of Yeongju-Si (KR)

Hyoung Jong Wi of Seoul (KR)

Joon Ho Lee of Seoul (KR)

Dae Seok Jean of Hwaseong-Si (KR)

Sang Yeob Lee of Seoul (KR)

APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE AND METHOD THEREOF

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18520138 titled 'APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE AND METHOD THEREOF

Original Abstract Submitted

The present disclosure relates to a device and a method for avoiding an obstacle. The device includes a sensor that detects an object outside a vehicle, a processor, and memory storing instructions. The device determines whether the object belongs to any pre-classified type, determines a reliability value associated with information on the object based on the object not belonging to any pre-classified type, and controls, based on the reliability value being greater than a threshold reliability value, the driving controller to avoid the object.