18536988. DRIVING CONTROL APPARATUS AND A METHOD THEREOF (KIA CORPORATION)

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DRIVING CONTROL APPARATUS AND A METHOD THEREOF

Organization Name

KIA CORPORATION

Inventor(s)

Il Hwan Kim of Hwaseong-si (KR)

Kyung Joo Bang of Hwaseong-si (KR)

Jae Woong Hwang of Seoul (KR)

Dong Hyuk Kim of Hanam-si (KR)

Jeong Ki Hong of Seongnam-si (KR)

DRIVING CONTROL APPARATUS AND A METHOD THEREOF

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18536988 titled 'DRIVING CONTROL APPARATUS AND A METHOD THEREOF

Original Abstract Submitted

A driving control apparatus includes a sensor device, a memory, and a controller. The driving control apparatus identifies at least one of a driving situation of an ego vehicle, driving information of the ego vehicle, or any combination thereof, using the sensor device; performs coasting control of the ego vehicle based on a first driving mode, when the at least one of the driving situation, the driving information, or the any combination thereof meets a specified condition; identifies risk information including at least one of at least one time to collision (TTC), a timegap with a forward vehicle, a relative speed to the forward vehicle, or any combination thereof; and determines whether to switch a driving mode to a second driving mode or a third driving mode including braking control, based on the result of comparing the risk information with a threshold.