APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING LEVELS OF DRIVING AUTOMATION

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, an apparatus for determining levels of driving automation includes a controller configured to calculate a driving area of an ego vehicle using predetermined driving route information of the ego vehicle, and a transceiver configured to receive autonomous driving level information and driving information of a plurality of other vehicles in the driving area. The controller selects an overlap vehicle among the plurality of other vehicles based on the driving information, and determines an autonomous driving level of the ego vehicle. At least one of an autonomous vehicle, a user terminal, or a server according to the present disclosure may be linked to or integrated with an artificial intelligence module, a drone (an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)), a robot, an augmented reality (AR) device, a virtual reality (VR) device, and a device related to 5G services.