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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2018
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Jun Soo Kim, Seoul, KR;
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul, KR;
KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
An apparatus for controlling a vehicle includes a processor and a storage storing information determined by the processor. The processor determines whether a vehicle enters a tollgate, in advance based on driving situation information, and determine whether a current driving lane of the vehicle is a high-pass lane or a general lane, when the vehicle is scheduled to enter the tollgate. In particular, to the processor may automatically switch a driving mode depending on whether the current driving lane of the vehicle is the high-pass lane or the general lane to control the vehicle.