Patent ID: 9037373
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: G01B,G01C,G08G

Abstract:
1. A lateral control apparatus, comprising: an offset measuring unit configured to measure lateral offsets of other vehicles, wherein each lateral offset indicates a distance from a respective one of the other vehicles to a center driving lane at a time; a preview offset calculating unit configured to predict preview lateral offsets of the other vehicles based on respective locations and speeds of the other vehicles, wherein each preview lateral offset indicates a predicted distance from a respective one of the other vehicles to the center driving lane at a time when a predetermined time has elapsed from the time; a priority determining unit configured to determine priorities of the other vehicles based on offset differences determined by calculating differences between the respective lateral offsets and preview lateral offsets; and a controller configured to generate a route for lane keeping control of a vehicle to which the lane control apparatus is connected based on the lateral offset of a selected vehicle among the other vehicles to which a top priority among the priorities is assigned by the priority determining unit.