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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019
Filed:
May. 12, 2017
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Myung Seon Heo, Seoul, KR;
Byung Yong You, Suwon-si, KR;
Ki Cheol Shin, Seongnam-si, KR;
Young Chul Oh, Seongnam-si, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
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.