Patent ID: 9434384
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: B60W,G06F,G06T

Claim Text:
1. A vehicle cruise control method for performing a vehicle cruise control of a vehicle, comprising steps of: receiving, by a controller of a vehicle cruise control apparatus that is communicatively connected to a navigation terminal, road information on a road located in front of the vehicle from the navigation terminal during a preceding vehicle following cruise; determining, by the controller, whether the road located in front of the vehicle is a slope road or a curved road based on the received road information; determining, by the controller, based on an image captured by a front camera of the vehicle that is communicatively connected to the controller, whether the preceding vehicle is present in an information display region in front of a driver of the vehicle, when it is determined that the road located in front of the vehicle is the slope road or the curved road; and displaying, in a display mounted in the vehicle and communicatively connected to the controller, a virtual preceding vehicle in the information display region through augmented reality when it is determined that the preceding vehicle is not present.