Patent ID: 9623874
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: B60W

Claim:
1. An apparatus for controlling a vehicle, the apparatus comprising: a first trajectory generator configured to generate a trajectory of a first vehicle based on first vehicle driving information input from a first sensor, the first sensor being configured to sense a driving situation of the first vehicle; a second trajectory generator configured to generate a trajectory of a second vehicle of peripheral vehicles based on ambient environment information input from a second sensor configured to sense the driving situation of the first vehicle; a trajectory load calculator configured to calculate a trajectory load based on a comparison of a trajectory distance with a first value, wherein the trajectory distance is a difference between the trajectory of the second vehicle and the trajectory of the first vehicle; a dangerous index manager configured to generate the dangerous driving index, the dangerous driving index corresponding to the calculated trajectory load; and a vehicle controller configured to receive the dangerous driving index from the trajectory load calculator, and to control at least one of an engine operation, a braking operation, or a steering operation, in response to the dangerous driving index being higher than a second value.