Abstract: A driving control apparatus for a vehicle includes: one or more external sensors, one or more vehicle sensors, a steering device, an acceleration/deceleration device, an output device, a communication circuit, and a control circuit. The control circuit detects a failure associated with autonomous driving while the vehicle performs the autonomous driving, outputs the warning signal for a transfer of control of the vehicle by using the output device for a first time interval, when the failure is detected, controls the acceleration/deceleration device for a second time interval after the first time interval to reduce a travel speed of the vehicle to a target speed, and controls the steering device and the acceleration/deceleration device after the second time interval to maintain a travel lane of the vehicle with the travel speed lower than the target speed.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling competition of an autonomous vehicle may include an autonomous drive determination device that determines whether the autonomous vehicle is capable of entering a competitive space in a situation where the autonomous vehicle is required to move into the competitive space during autonomous driving, a vehicle control device that controls the autonomous vehicle such that the autonomous vehicle enters the competitive space when the autonomous vehicle is capable of entering the competitive space, and when the autonomous vehicle fails to enter the competitive space after attempting to enter the competitive space, a vehicle competition control device that controls such that the attempt to enter the competitive space is held for a first competition waiting time.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling to enable an autonomous system in a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes a sensor, an input device configured to receive an input from a driver of the vehicle, an output device configured to output a notification in the vehicle, and a control circuit configured to be electrically connected with the sensor, the input device, and the output device. The control circuit is configured to activate an autonomous control in response to an input of the driver to the input device, detect a critical situation of the vehicle using the sensor, output a notification to transfer a control authority using the output device in response to the detected critical situation, and automatically reactivate the autonomous control when the critical situation is solved after temporarily releasing the autonomous control, when the critical situation corresponds to a critical situation of a specified type.

Abstract: A vehicle driving controller, a system including the same, and a method thereof are provided. The vehicle driving controller includes a processor configured to apply a different warning level depending on at least one of a driving situation or a user state during autonomous driving and to provide a notification of a control authority transition demand to a user and a storage configured to store information associated with the driving situation and the user state and information associated with the different warning level.

Abstract: An apparatus for providing a safety strategy in a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes a sensor configured to sense information about the outside of the vehicle, a memory storing road information, and a control circuit configured to be electrically connected with the sensor and the memory. The control circuit generates a route which is toward a shoulder included in a road where the vehicle is traveling, when a control authority transition demand of the vehicle is ignored, adjusts an operational condition of an automatic lane change based on at least a portion of a speed of the vehicle, a speed of a following vehicle in a target lane of the route, or a distance between the vehicle and the following vehicle, and performs the automatic lane change toward the shoulder along the route, when the adjusted operational condition is satisfied.

Abstract: An apparatus for providing a safety strategy in a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes a sensor configured to sense information about an external object and a control circuit configured to be electrically connected with the sensor. The control circuit is configured to initiate a minimum risk strategy (MRM), when a predetermined condition is met, to determine a lateral location of the vehicle based on information obtained by the sensor and a location of a driving lane of the vehicle on a road, and to move the vehicle to the determined lateral location while executing the MRM.

Abstract: A driving mode switching control apparatus of a vehicle includes one or more processors collecting data from a map DB, a positioning system, a camera system, and a sensor system in the vehicle; analyzing the collected data to determine a reliability of each data; and designing a driving mode switching of the vehicle based on the determined result of the reliability of the each data to generate mode switching data including an information of the designed driving mode switching.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a lane change in a vehicle includes a navigation module for guiding a user along a path from a starting point to a destination point, a GPS module, a memory, a first sensor, a second sensor, and a processor for being electrically connected with the navigation module, the GPS module, the memory, the first sensor, and the second sensor. The processor determines whether it is possible to control a lane change to a target lane in the path based on a length of a diverging lane in a diverging section or a length of a merging lane in a merging section in the diverging section or the merging section included in the path, controls the lane change to the target lane, and controls the vehicle to travel along a lane link connected with the target lane.

Abstract: A path planning apparatus and method for an autonomous vehicle are provided. The apparatus includes a surrounding information detector that detects surrounding information around the vehicle and a vehicle information detector that detects vehicle information regarding driving states of the vehicle. A vehicle behavior determiner determines vehicle behavior based on the surrounding information and the vehicle information and a driving path generator generates a driving path and a velocity profile for a lane change using the surrounding information and the vehicle information when receiving a lane change signal from the vehicle behavior determiner.

Abstract: A autonomous driving control apparatus may include a determination device that determines whether a mode switch event occurs to set a driving mode of the vehicle to a first mode or a second mode, a route generation device that sets a destination in a case that the first mode is set as the driving mode and generates a driving route based on the set destination, and a driving control device that controls an autonomous driving of the vehicle based on the generated driving route in the case that the first mode is set as the driving mode and to control the driving of the vehicle while maintaining a current driving lane in the case that the second mode is set as the driving mode.

Abstract: A method for controlling a path of an autonomous driving system includes: determining whether or not an obstacle and an autonomously driven vehicle will collide when a sensor detects an obstacle in a proximity of the vehicle while the vehicle is being autonomously driven; generating a plurality of path candidates within a path generation region when it is determined that the detected obstacle and the vehicle will collide; determining whether or not an expansion of the path generation region is possible, expanding the path generation region when it is possible, and regenerating the plurality of path candidates within the expanded path generation region when there is no path candidate in which the collision between the obstacle and the vehicle does not occur; and selecting a path from among the path candidates in which the collision between the obstacle and the vehicle does not occur.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system for determining transfer of driving control authority of a self-driving vehicle. The system includes: a risk calculation device that recognizes a sight line of a driver to calculate a risk when the driving control authority of the self-driving vehicle is transferred, a determination reference calculation device that calculates a determination reference to determine whether the driving control authority of an acceleration pedal, a deceleration pedal, and a steering wheel of the self-driving vehicle is able to be transferred based on the calculated risk, and a determination device that determines whether to transfer the driving control authority of the self-driving vehicle based on the calculated determination reference.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling competition of an autonomous vehicle may include an autonomous drive determination device that determines whether the autonomous vehicle is capable of entering a competitive space in a situation where the autonomous vehicle is required to move into the competitive space during autonomous driving, a vehicle control device that controls the autonomous vehicle such that the autonomous vehicle enters the competitive space when the autonomous vehicle is capable of entering the competitive space, and when the autonomous vehicle fails to enter the competitive space after attempting to enter the competitive space, a vehicle competition control device that controls such that the attempt to enter the competitive space is held for a first competition waiting time.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system for determining transfer of driving control authority of a self-driving vehicle. The system includes: a risk calculation device that recognizes a sight line of a driver to calculate a risk when the driving control authority of the self-driving vehicle is transferred, a determination reference calculation device that calculates a determination reference to determine whether the driving control authority of an acceleration pedal, a deceleration pedal, and a steering wheel of the self-driving vehicle is able to be transferred based on the calculated risk, and a determination device that determines whether to transfer the driving control authority of the self-driving vehicle based on the calculated determination reference.

Abstract: A drive control apparatus and method for an autonomous vehicle is provided. The drive control method includes: determining whether a subject vehicle has entered a pocket lane area during autonomous driving; determining whether the subject vehicle enters a pocket lane according to pocket lane conditions that are determined on the basis of surrounding environment information of the subject vehicle when the subject vehicle enters the pocket lane area; generating a tracking path with respect to a front vehicle when it is determined to enter the pocket lane; and performing the autonomous driving by controlling the subject vehicle to follow the front vehicle according to the tracking path with respect to the front vehicle.

Abstract: A system and method for performing autonomous navigation of a vehicle are disclosed, which recognize a possibility of collision risk through path estimation of a target vehicle, and generate an autonomous navigation path. The autonomous navigation system for a vehicle includes: a target-vehicle information detection unit configured to detect traveling information of a target vehicle; and a path generation unit configured to estimate movement of the target vehicle on the basis of the information received from the target-vehicle information detection unit, calculate a collision risk value by recognizing a possibility of collision risk between an ego-vehicle and the target vehicle, and generate an autonomous navigation path of the ego-vehicle.

Abstract: A path planning apparatus and method for an autonomous vehicle are provided. The apparatus includes a surrounding information detector that detects surrounding information around the vehicle and a vehicle information detector that detects vehicle information regarding driving states of the vehicle. A vehicle behavior determiner determines vehicle behavior based on the surrounding information and the vehicle information and a driving path generator generates a driving path and a velocity profile for a lane change using the surrounding information and the vehicle information when receiving a lane change signal from the vehicle behavior determiner.

Abstract: An apparatus a method for generating a traveling path of a vehicle, may include a sensor device mounted in the vehicle and detecting a surrounding environment of the vehicle; and a controller determining a traveling space in which the vehicle is traveled by considering the surrounding environment of the vehicle, and generating the traveling path within the determined traveling space.

Abstract: A driving path planning apparatus for an autonomous vehicle includes a driving information obtainer to obtain crossroad information, current velocity, and velocity setting of the vehicle. A global path planner plans a base frame, and an environment recognizer recognizes obstacle on a path and lane information of the vehicle. The apparatus also includes a velocity profile generator to generate a velocity profile for the vehicle, using current velocity and velocity setting, a candidate path planner to plan candidate paths for the vehicle, using velocity profile and base frame, and a path selector to check whether or not the candidate paths have collision risks and select one candidate path of the candidate paths as a driving path for the autonomous vehicle.

Abstract: A method for controlling a path of an autonomous driving system includes: determining whether or not an obstacle and an autonomously driven vehicle will collide when a sensor detects an obstacle in a proximity of the vehicle while the vehicle is being autonomously driven; generating a plurality of path candidates within a path generation region when it is determined that the detected obstacle and the vehicle will collide; determining whether or not an expansion of the path generation region is possible, expanding the path generation region when it is possible, and regenerating the plurality of path candidates within the expanded path generation region when there is no path candidate in which the collision between the obstacle and the vehicle does not occur; and selecting a path from among the path candidates in which the collision between the obstacle and the vehicle does not occur.