APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROCESSING TRAFFIC LIGHT INFORMATION OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE

The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and a method of processing traffic light information for an autonomous vehicle, which selectively receive and process signal information of an intersection of interest based on a position and a heading direction of the autonomous vehicle, and the apparatus includes: a positioning module to detect a position and a heading direction of an autonomous vehicle a navigation module for selecting an intersection of interest based on the position and the heading direction of the autonomous vehicle and a signal processing module for selecting traffic light information of the intersection of interest from a V2I message, and selecting signal information for a directional signal of interest corresponding to a direction of travel of the autonomous vehicle at the intersection of interest from the traffic light information.