Hyundai Motor Company

Kia Motors Corporation

Samsung Display Co., Ltd.

Hynix Semiconductor Inc.

Kia Corporation

Autonomous A2z

Ki Cheol Shin

Young Chul Oh

Myung Seon Heo

Byung Yong You

Ee Suk Jung

Seung Wook Park

In Yong Jung

Min Byeong Lee

Jun Sik Hwang

Yoon Soo Kim

Su Lyun Sung

Dong Gyu Noh

Chang Jae Lee

Jong Rok Park

Hahk Rel Noh

Dae Sung Hwang

Cho Rong Ryu

Hyoung Geun Kwon

Jae Chang Jung

Cheol Kyu Bok

Hak Sun Chang

Se Hyun Lee

Eun Jin Choi

Ho Kil Oh

Hyun Kyu Kim

Kang Hoon Lee

Hyo Ju Jung

Seung Chan Moon

Hae Ryong Lee

Chang Jun Lee

Ji Un Kim

Ji Hyeong Han

Myeong Seon Heo

A method for driving in a blind spot of a sensor mounted on an autonomous vehicle is provided. The method includes steps of: a computing device of the autonomous vehicle running on a specific road locating the autonomous vehicle from precision map information, sensor information and GPS information, and in response to determining that the autonomous vehicle is expected to encounter a specific event, transmitting vehicle location data, travelling direction data, vehicle structure data and sensor location data and sensor's viewing angle data to the server, to determine whether a region of interest corresponding to the specific event is included in blind spot candidates; receiving blind spot stereoscopic data, computed from the data received from the autonomous vehicle and 3D occlusion environmental data corresponding to occluding static objects in the blind spot candidates, from the server; and controlling movement of the autonomous vehicle based on the blind spot stereoscopic data.

Method for driving in blind spot of sensor mounted on autonomous vehicle via communication with server and computing device using the same

A method of controlling autonomous driving of a vehicle includes: selecting a target object ahead of the vehicle based on driving information, generating a velocity profile for maintaining a desired distance to the target object, calculating a desired acceleration based on the velocity profile and a delay time of the vehicle, and controlling an actuator of the vehicle based on the desired acceleration.

Apparatus and method for controlling autonomous driving of vehicle

An apparatus and method for controlling a vehicle speed based on information about forward vehicles that travel in the same lane may be acquired using Vehicle to Everything (V2X) communications in a cooperative adaptive cruise control (CACC) system. The CACC system includes a communication unit receiving vehicle information from neighboring vehicles using V2V communications; an information collection unit collecting vehicle information of the neighboring vehicles and the subject vehicle using sensors; and a control unit determining a forward vehicle and a far-forward vehicle using the sensors, selecting first and second target vehicles for being followed by the subject vehicle based on the vehicle information of the forward vehicle and the far-forward vehicle and the vehicle information of the neighboring vehicles, and controlling the driving speed of the subject vehicle based on speed information of the first and second target vehicles.

Apparatus and method for controlling speed in cooperative adaptive cruise control system

A traveling control system of an autonomous vehicle includes a 2D LIDAR sensor, a wheel speed sensor for detecting a speed of the vehicle, a yaw rate sensor for detecting a rotational angular speed of the vehicle, and an error corrector for determining a straight-line situation using a LIDAR point detected by the 2D LIDAR sensor, extracting a straight lateral distance value according to the result of determination, accumulating the LIDAR point according to the trajectory of traveling of the vehicle detected by the wheel speed sensor and the yaw rate sensor, estimating an error between the accumulated point and the extracted straight line, and calculating and feeding back an offset correction parameter of the yaw rate sensor when the estimated error value is greater than a predetermined threshold value to automatically correct an error parameter of the yaw rate sensor.

Traveling control system and method of autonomous vehicle

An apparatus for preventing a pedestrian collision accident, a system having the same, and a method thereof are provided. The apparatus includes a pedestrian sensing unit that senses a pedestrian moving into a dangerous area and calculates velocity and direction information of the pedestrian. A communication unit transmits the velocity and direction information of the pedestrian to a surrounding vehicle. A time-to-collision (TTC) calculating unit calculates a TTC using velocity and direction information of a subject vehicle and second velocity and direction information of the pedestrian, when the TTC calculating unit receives the second velocity and direction information of the pedestrian from another vehicle. A controller outputs based on the TTC a warning to a driver of the subject vehicle or the pedestrian.

Apparatus for preventing pedestrian collision accident, system having the same, and method thereof

A method for detecting a narrow road includes calculating relative heights of points from a distance measuring sensor to a ground based on distance information. A left boundary point and a right boundary point, at which a difference in relative heights from adjacent points becomes maximal, are acquired. A road boundary line of a driving road is acquired based on the left boundary point and the right boundary point depending on a movement trajectory of the vehicle when a difference in relative heights at the left boundary point and the right boundary point is more than or equal to a reference value. A road width of the driving road is calculated based on the road boundary line. It is detected whether the driving road of the vehicle is a narrow road based on the road width.

Method, apparatus and system for detecting narrow road

An adaptive cruise control apparatus includes a sensor device for acquiring information on vehicles around a subject vehicle including information on a distance between a forward vehicle and the subject vehicle, and a controller for calculating an acceleration of the subject vehicle based on the information on vehicles around the subject vehicle, determining a traffic condition around the subject vehicle based on the information on vehicles around the subject vehicle, limiting the acceleration of the subject vehicle according to the determined traffic condition, and controlling a power train of the subject vehicle according to the limited acceleration.

Adaptive cruise control apparatus and method of operating adaptive cruise control in consideration of traffic condition

The present disclosure provides a lane estimating apparatus and method. The apparatus includes: a lane determiner, an obstacle position calculator, a vehicle position corrector, and a lane estimator. The lane determiner compares a first lane detected by a first sensor with a lane on an actual road or a second lane on a local map to determine reliability of the first lane. The obstacle position calculator detects, when the reliability of the detected first lane is less than a preset reference, a first obstacle in the vicinity of a vehicle and a second obstacle on the local map, and calculates a difference between slopes and positions of straight lines extracted from the first obstacle and the second obstacle. The vehicle position corrector corrects a heading direction and a position of the vehicle based on the difference between the slopes and positions of the straight lines. In addition, the lane estimator estimates a driving lane on the local map.

Lane estimating apparatus and method

An apparatus and method for identifying surrounding vehicles is provided. The apparatus includes a sensor that measures position coordinates of a first surrounding vehicle and a yaw rate and a speed of a subject vehicle and a V2V communication unit that receives a coordinate history and a speed from the plurality of surrounding vehicles. Additionally, a controller generates a traveling trajectory and a speed pattern as first identification information by applying accumulated behaviors of the subject vehicle to the position coordinates of the first surrounding vehicle and calculate each traveling trajectory and speed pattern as n-th identification information based on the coordinate history and the speed received via the V2V communication unit. The controller then compares the first identification information with the n-th identification information to recognize the surrounding vehicle corresponding to identification information most similar to the first identification information as the first surrounding vehicle.

Apparatus and method for identifying surrounding vehicles

A liquid crystal display device includes: a first insulation substrate, a color filter disposed on the first insulation substrate and including a stepped region, a passivation layer disposed on the color filter and including an opening region overlapping with the stepped region, a pixel electrode disposed on the passivation layer including the opening region, a second insulation substrate facing the first insulation substrate, a common electrode disposed on the second insulation substrate and including a cross-shaped cutout, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second insulation substrates.

Liquid crystal display and manufacturing method thereof

The present invention provides a steering risk decision system and method that determine and provide a steering risk of a vehicle to a driver. The system includes an obstacle sensor that senses an obstacle to generate first sensor data and a driving state sensor senses a driving state of a vehicle to generate second sensor data. In addition, a processor extracts feature points from first sensor data to indicate the obstacle in point and line shapes and predicts a driving region of the vehicle using second sensor data. Further, the processor calculates a relationship between the vehicle and the obstacle using information for the obstacle indicated in the point and line shapes and information for the driving region to determine a steering risk of the vehicle based on the calculated result.

Steering risk decision system and method for driving narrow roads

An apparatus and a method for controlling driving of a vehicle are provided and the apparatus includes a sensor unit that has at least one sensor disposed at sides of a vehicle. In addition, a controller uses sensing information received from the sensor unit to confirm whether the vehicle enters a path and detects obstacles located in the path. The controller calculates a left and right width of the path based on the obstacles and then confirms whether the path is a narrow road. Further, the controller is configured to output a driving guidance to the confirmed narrow road.

Apparatus and method for controlling driving of vehicle

An apparatus and method for a driving guide of a vehicle are provided and include a sensor unit that has at least one sensor mounted within the vehicle. In addition, a controller is configured to sense obstacles positioned at a front and side of the vehicle using sensing information received from the sensor unit and arrange data for the obstacles based on an angle to determine whether a passage is present in front of the vehicle. In addition, the controller is configured to provide the driving guide of the checked passage.

Apparatus and method for driving guide of vehicle

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Ki Cheol Shin