APPARATUS FOR SWITCHING DRIVING MODE OF VEHICLE AND METHOD THEREOF

摘要

Systems and techniques are disclosed for switching a vehicle driving mode. A sensing unit senses a state of a driver of a vehicle configured to be driven automatically or manually. An intention detecting unit detects whether the driver intends to switch from an automatic driving mode to a manual driving mode based on the state of the driver. An operation detecting unit detects whether the driver is able to operate the vehicle in the manual driving mode based on the state of the driver. A driving state predicting unit predicts a driving state of the vehicle in the manual driving mode based on detecting that the driver is able to operate the vehicle in the manual driving mode. A control unit determines that the predicted driving state of the vehicle meets a preset condition and switches from the automatic to the manual driving mode.

主权项

1. An apparatus configured to switch a driving mode of a vehicle comprising:
a sensing unit configured to sense a state of a driver of a vehicle that is configured to be driven automatically or manually; a intention detecting unit configured to detect whether or not the driver intends to switch a driving mode of the vehicle from an automatic driving mode to a manual driving mode based on the state of the driver sensed by the sensing unit when the vehicle is being driven in the automatic driving mode; an operation detecting unit configured to detect whether the driver is able to operate the vehicle in the manual driving mode using the state of the driver sensed by the sensing unit based on the intention detecting unit detecting that the driver intends to switch a driving mode of the vehicle from the automatic driving mode to the manual driving mode; a driving state predicting unit configured to predict a driving state of the vehicle according to manual driver operation in the manual driving mode for a preset period of time based on the operation availability detecting unit detecting that the driver is able to operate the vehicle in the manual driving mode; and a control unit configured to determine whether the predicted driving state of the vehicle meets a preset condition and switch the driving mode of the vehicle from the automatic driving mode to the manual driving mode based on a determination that the predicted driving state of the vehicle meets the preset condition.