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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2019

Filed:

Jul. 19, 2016
Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventors:

Woo-jin Jung, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Myung-sik Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Je-woong Ryu, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Seung-beom Han, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Chang-soo Park, Seoul, KR;

Aron Baik, Seoul, KR;

Jung-gap Kuk, Seoul, KR;

Jung-hoon Park, Seoul, KR;

Jin-woo Yoo, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Mid-eum Choi, Seoul, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2006.01); B60W 40/072 (2012.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01); B60W 50/08 (2012.01); B60W 50/12 (2012.01); B60W 30/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0061 (2013.01); B60W 30/10 (2013.01); B60W 40/072 (2013.01); B60W 50/0097 (2013.01); B60W 50/082 (2013.01); B60W 50/12 (2013.01); G05D 1/021 (2013.01); B60W 2550/146 (2013.01); B60W 2550/402 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and apparatuses are provided for controlling a vehicle. The vehicle is controlled to operate in an autonomous driving mode in which the vehicle is driven without a manipulation by an operator of the vehicle. A request to switch to a manual driving mode, in which the vehicle is driven with the manipulation by the operator, is received. A range of the manipulation regarding a function of the vehicle is determined according to a driving situation of the vehicle in response to the request. The vehicle is controlled to operate in the manual driving mode in which the manipulation by the operator is limited according to the range of the manipulation.


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