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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2023
Applicants:
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Myung Ki Yeom, Incheon, KR;
In Su Kim, Anyang-si, KR;
Assignees:
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/0053 (2020.02); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2540/215 (2020.02); B60W 2552/10 (2020.02);
Abstract
A method of controlling switching to a manual driving mode of an autonomous vehicle, enables switching to the manual driving mode to be safely performed without interfering with a nearby vehicle in a safe lane or a safe place according to a surrounding driving environment by allowing a driver to select between switching to the manual driving mode while driving or switching to the manual driving mode after stopping to switch to the manual driving mode while the autonomous vehicle is driven in an autonomous driving mode.