APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING INTENTION TO CUT IN

• Main Authors: Yoo, Hyun-Jae, Kang, Min Chul, Kim, Hoi Won, Kim, Dae Young, Um, Doo Jin, Yeo, Sung Yoon, Moon, Seung Geon, Oh, Dong Eon, Park, Chan-II, Choi, Sung Woo, Han, Young Min, Lee, Kyoung Jun, Lee, Dong Gu, Kim, Beom Jun
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 13.06.2019
• Subjects: CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE ORDIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TOTHE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT; SIGNALLING; TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

An apparatus configured for determining an intention to cut in in a vehicle may include a navigation module, a camera, a radar configured to obtain data about an external vehicle, a sensor configured to obtain data about behavior of the vehicle, and a processor configured to be electrically connected to the navigation module, the camera, the radar, and the sensor, wherein the processor is configured to obtain information associated with at least a portion of a road environment, traffic, or road curvature based on data obtained using at least a portion of the navigation module, the camera, the radar, or the sensor and adjust a parameter for determining an intention for a surrounding vehicle which is traveling in a second lane adjacent to a first lane where the vehicle is traveling to cut in, based on the obtained information.