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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2020
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Dae Young Kim, Gwangmyeong-si, KR;
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul, KR;
KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an autonomous driving control apparatus and an autonomous driving control method, and an exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides the autonomous driving control apparatus including: a driver seating sensor configured to recognize whether or not the driver is seated; a driver monitoring device configured to recognize whether a driver is looking ahead; and a processor configured to determine whether control authority is switchable for activating an autonomous driving control function based on sensing results of the driver seating sensor and the driver monitoring device.