APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE AND METHOD THEREOF

The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for controlling a vehicle and a method thereof. The vehicle control apparatus may obtain, based on a point cloud obtained via a LiDAR, contour points corresponding to an object external to a vehicle, determine, based on the contour points, a loss distribution according to at least one angle representing a direction, determine, based on new angles in a first range of angles that is associated with a minimum loss value in the loss distribution, a second range of angles that is included in the first range of angles, determine a virtual box corresponding to the object by determining, based on a difference between the minimum loss value and angles within the second range of angles being within a threshold value, a heading direction of the virtual box, and control, based on the virtual box, an autonomous driving operation of the vehicle.