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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2019
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Byeong Hwa Kim, Incheon, KR;
Chang Hwan Song, Daejeon, KR;
Dong Hun Yang, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jun Ho Yang, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
An apparatus and a method for preventing a vehicle from falling into a sinkhole are provided. The apparatus prevents the vehicle from being unnecessarily stopped by determining whether to stop the vehicle based on a size of the sinkhole while preventing the vehicle from falling into the sinkhole on a road. The apparatus includes a sensor that is mounted on the vehicle to measure a distance to a ground and a controller that determines a size of the sinkhole based on the distance to the ground and determines whether to stop the vehicle while preventing the vehicle from falling into the sinkhole on a road.