CPC G08G 1/0137 (2013.01) [G01S 13/931 (2013.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); G06V 20/63 (2022.01); G08G 1/0112 (2013.01); G08G 1/0175 (2013.01); G08G 1/04 (2013.01); G08G 1/09675 (2013.01); G08G 1/096716 (2013.01); G08G 1/096791 (2013.01); G08G 1/163 (2013.01); G08G 1/166 (2013.01); G08G 1/20 (2013.01); G01S 2013/9325 (2013.01); G06V 20/625 (2022.01)] | 18 Claims |
[ 18. An apparatus in a first vehicle to correct position information of a surrounding vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
a front vehicle location unit comprising one or more processors configured to:
obtain identifier information of a second vehicle that is travelling immediately in front of the first vehicle,
measure a distance from the first vehicle to the second vehicle, and
determine a position of the second vehicle based on the measured distance from the first vehicle to the second vehicle;
a surrounding vehicle information receiver configured to receive, through vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication, identifier information and position information of one or more surrounding vehicles; and
a position information correcting unit comprising one or more processors configured to:
identify a surrounding vehicle comprising identifier information corresponding to the obtained identifier information of the second vehicle among the received identifier information of the one or more surrounding vehicles as being a matching surrounding vehicle corresponding to the second vehicle,
compare the determined position of the second vehicle with received position information of the matching surrounding vehicle among the received position information of the one or more surrounding vehicles,
correct the received position information of the matching surrounding vehicle according to a result of the comparing, and
transmit the corrected position information of the matching surrounding vehicle to a driving assist system to prevent a collision between the first vehicle and the second vehicle,
wherein the collision between the first vehicle and the second vehicle is prevented by a forward collision warning system.]
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