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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2018
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
YoungIl Na, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Wooyeol Jeong, Seoul, KR;
Jungwan Park, Seoul, KR;
Chiyoung An, Cheongju-si, KR;
Donghyuk Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A vehicle may include a vehicle detector configured to detect an obstacle and a condition of the inside and the outside of the vehicle; and a controller, when a front obstacle is detected by the vehicle detector, configured to determine a required braking distance or a time to collision (TTC) with respect to the obstacle, configured to determine whether a door side collision with the obstacle is estimated, when a collision with the obstacle is estimated according to the result of the determination, and configured to open a door in emergency or convert the door into a manual opening mode when the door side collision is estimated.