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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2026
Filed:
May. 03, 2023
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon, KR;
Yoo-Seung Song, Daejeon, KR;
Shin-Kyung Lee, Daejeon, KR;
Kyoung-Wook Min, Sejong-si, KR;
Jeong-Dan Choi, Daejeon, KR;
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Daejeon, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a method of controlling an autonomous vehicle driving in a lane of a main line. The method may include determining whether the autonomous vehicle is driving in a target lane to accommodate merging traffic, determining whether a merge request message is received from a merging vehicle when the autonomous vehicle is determined to drive in the target lane, determining whether a collision with the merging vehicle will occur based on the merge request message when the merge request message is received, and sending a merge approval message to the merging vehicle when the collision with the merging vehicle is expected.
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