Apparatus for controlling platooning based on weather information, system including the same, and method thereof
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorSang Jun Kim
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Abstract
An apparatus for controlling platooning based on weather information includes a processor configured to determine a weather environment state on a platooning path based on weather forecast information received from a control center or weather information measured by a vehicle sensor, determine a sequence of platooning based on the weather environment state, determine a level of the platooning based on the weather environment state, and perform control of a transverse vehicle-to-vehicle distance or control of a longitudinal vehicle-to-vehicle distance of a vehicle based on the measured weather information and the determined level of the platooning.
Claims19
An apparatus for controlling platooning, the apparatus comprising a processor configured to:
- determine a weather environment state on a platooning path based on weather forecast information received from a control center or weather information measured by a vehicle sensor;
- determine a sequence of platooning based on the weather environment state;
- determine a level of the platooning based on the weather environment state;
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- perform control of a transverse vehicle-to-vehicle distance or control of a longitudinal vehicle-to-vehicle distance of a vehicle based on the measured weather information and the determined level of the platooning,
- wherein the processor is further configured to determine the sequence of platooning based on a platooning path, a fuel ratio, a braking force, and a weight of a load when the weather environment state is a normal condition, and to determine the sequence of platooning based on the braking force when the weather environment state is a bad condition.
A system for controlling platooning, the system comprising:
- a communicating device configured to perform communication between platooning vehicles;
- a detector configured to detect weather information on a platooning path;
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- a platooning control apparatus configured to determine a weather environment state based on weather forecast information received from a control center or weather information detected by the detector and control platooning by determining a level of the platooning according to the weather environment state,
- wherein the platooning control apparatus is configured to determine a sequence of platooning based on a platooning path, a fuel ratio, a braking force, and a weight of a load when the weather environment state is a normal condition, and to determine the sequence of platooning based on the braking force when the weather environment state is a bad condition.
A method for controlling platooning, the method comprising:
- determining, by a processor, a platooning sequence and a level of platooning based on weather forecast information received from a control center;
- determining, by the processor, a state of a traffic line of a road on a platooning path based on weather information measured by a vehicle sensor communicatively connected to the processor;
- performing, by the processor, control of a transverse vehicle-to-vehicle distance according to a state of the traffic line;
- determining, by the processor, a level of the road based on the weather information;
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- performing, by the processor, control of a longitudinal vehicle-to-vehicle distance according to a level of the road,
- wherein the determining a platooning sequence includes:
- determining the platooning sequence based on a platooning path, a fuel ratio, a braking force, and a weight of a load when the weather environment state is a normal condition;
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- determining the platooning sequence based on the braking force when the weather environment state is a bad condition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.