| 摘要 |
An apparatus for switching a driving mode of a vehicle includes: a sensing configured to sense a state of a driver of a vehicle that can be driven automatically or manually; a mode switching intention detecting unit configured to detect a mode switching intention of the driver to switch a driving mode of the vehicle to a manual driving mode on the basis of the state of the driver sensed when the vehicle is in an automatic driving mode; an operation availability detecting unit configured to detect whether the driver is able to operate the vehicle in the manual driving mode, on the basis of the state of the driver sensed after the mode switching intention is detected; a driving state predicting unit configured to predict a driving state of the vehicle according to a possible driver's operation on the assumption that a driving mode of the vehicle is the manual driving mode for a preset period of time, on the basis of the fact that the driver is able to operate the vehicle in the manual driving mode; and a control unit configured to switch the driving mode of the vehicle to the manual driving mode, on the basis of the fact that the predicted driving state of the vehicle meets a preset condition. |
