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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2016
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Seong Sook Ryu, Seoul, KR;
Byoung Joon Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jin Kwon Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Ho Choul Jung, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Sam Yong Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A vehicle is provided to detect a failure of rear brake lamps of a preceding vehicle. The vehicle includes a distance detection unit that detects a distance from the vehicle to the preceding vehicle, an image acquisition unit that acquires an image of the preceding vehicle, and a controller that detects the failure of a rear brake lamp of the preceding vehicle occurs using a speed of the preceding vehicle obtained using information of variations in the detected distance and the acquired image of the preceding vehicle. Additionally, the controller generates acceleration and deceleration state information of the preceding vehicle in response to detecting the failure of the rear brake lamp of the preceding vehicle.