VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME

A vehicle and a method for controlling the same are disclosed. A control device includes a processor; and a memory storing at least one instruction that is configured, when executed by the processor communicating with the memory, to cause the control device to: detect, during driving control of a vehicle, an event associated with an eyes-on request (EOR) for a driver of the vehicle; determine, based on the event satisfying a predetermined driving condition of the vehicle and via an image sensor of the vehicle, that an eye gaze of the driver is diverted to a predetermined area of the vehicle; set, based on a time duration of the eye gaze of the driver being diverted to the predetermined area, a timer for an EOR alert; and output, based on expiration of the timer, the EOR alert via an output device of the vehicle. An expiration of the timer is associated with the predetermined area. The output device includes at least one of a display of the vehicle or a speaker of the vehicle.