Apparatus and method for controlling platooning
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorDong Hyuk Kim
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Abstract
A platooning control apparatus includes: a communication device configured to perform communication between a leading vehicle and following vehicles, which follow the leading vehicle, in a platoon; and a controller configured to control platooning by requesting checking of functions of the following vehicles through the communication device after the platoon is formed, by identifying whether a specific function among checked functions of the following vehicles operates, and by determining whether the platoon is maintained according to an identification result.
Claims20
A platooning control apparatus comprising:
- a communication device configured to perform communication between a host vehicle and following vehicles, which follow the host vehicle, in a platoon;
- and
- a controller configured to control platooning by requesting checking of functions of the following vehicles through the communication device after the platoon is formed, by identifying whether a specific function, among the checked functions, of the following vehicles operate, and by determining whether the platoon is maintained according to an identification result,
- wherein the controller checks an operation time point of the specific function of each of the following vehicles for synchronization of functional operation of the following vehicles.
A method for controlling platooning, the method comprising steps of:
- starting, by a controller, a platooning initializing mode after a platoon is formed between a host vehicle and the following vehicles which follow the host vehicle;
- requesting, by the controller, checking of functions of the following vehicles in the platooning initializing mode and identifying whether a specific function among the checked functions of the following vehicles operates;
- and
- controlling, by the controller, platooning by determining whether the platoon is maintained according to an identification result of whether the specific function of the following vehicles operates,
- wherein the step of identifying whether a specific function among the checked functions of the following vehicles operates includes checking an operation time point of the specific function of each of the following vehicles for synchronization of functional operation of the following vehicles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.