US 12,168,459 B2
Vehicle path control apparatus and vehicle path control method
Kyeong Eun Kim, Gyeonggi-do (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 Jul. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/877,048.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0100487 (KR), filed on Jul. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0033172 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01)
CPC B60W 60/0017 (2020.02) [B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 60/0027 (2020.02); B60W 2552/10 (2020.02); B60W 2554/4046 (2020.02); B60W 2556/45 (2020.02)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle path control apparatus comprising:
a memory provided to store danger driving vehicle data;
a communication device provided to receive road information from an external server; and
a processor configured to:
identify a danger driving vehicle driving on a road based on the road information and the danger driving vehicle data, wherein the processor is configured to calculate a danger driving score of a vehicle and to determine the vehicle as the danger driving vehicle when the score is greater than or equal to a preset score,
select an unmanned vehicle driving within a preset distance from the danger driving vehicle based on the road information,
generate a driving path of the unmanned vehicle for obstructing a course of the danger driving vehicle based on an expected path of the danger driving vehicle, and
control the communication device to transmit information on the driving path to the unmanned vehicle.