18631904. VEHICLE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME (KIA CORPORATION)

VEHICLE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME

Organization Name

KIA CORPORATION

Inventor(s)

Hyungjin Kim of Seoul KR

Sungki Jung of Seoul KR

Seongjin Kim of Hwaseong-si KR

Donghun Lim of Gwangmyeong-si KR

JongHoon Choi of Suwon-si KR

YoungJae Kim of Yongin-si KR

Minseo Cha of Hwaseong-si KR

Hyeonjun Kim of Hwaseong-si KR

Inyong Jung of Incheon KR

Byungjoo Kim of Seoul KR

VEHICLE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18631904 titled 'VEHICLE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME

Original Abstract Submitted

Disclosed is a vehicle and a control method thereof. The vehicle includes: a sensor unit for detecting driving information of a vehicle; a front wheel suspension and a rear wheel suspension, each provided on a front wheel and a rear wheel of the vehicle, respectively, and each including a spring and a damper; and a control unit for, when a driving mode of the vehicle is an autonomous driving mode or a semi-autonomous driving mode, setting the degree of sensitivity for controlling damping force of the front wheel suspension and rear wheel suspension based on a distance to a vehicle ahead detected by the sensor unit, and adjusting the damping force of the front wheel suspension and rear wheel suspension according to a state of a change in distance to the vehicle ahead and a state of acceleration and deceleration of the vehicle.