Patent ID: 11859996
Assignee: KIA CORPORATION
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus comprising:
a non-transitory memory configured to store data and a set of instructions executable to process a suggestion to stop an autonomous vehicle;
a camera disposed inside the autonomous vehicle and configured to capture images during a driving of the autonomous vehicle; and
a processor configured to execute the set of instructions to:
determine whether the autonomous vehicle is a personal autonomous vehicle or a shared autonomous vehicle by determining whether a plurality of driving paths are present;
suggest a stop at a facility, among a plurality of facilities positioned on a driving path to a destination of the autonomous vehicle, based on a tendency or a situation of a user of the autonomous vehicle, by determining whether the autonomous vehicle is the personal autonomous vehicle or the shared autonomous vehicle, wherein the situation of the user is determined based on the images captured by the camera;
provide, to the user for user selection, a list of other facilities to stop, among the plurality of facilities, based on the tendency or the situation of the user; and
add selected facilities to a list of stops corresponding to the selected facilities on the driving path,
wherein the processor is configured to:
when the autonomous vehicle is the shared autonomous vehicle, provide a list of stops corresponding to facilities determined based a majority decision of a plurality of users who use the shared autonomous vehicle at the same time.