Method, computer program, apparatus, vehicle, and network component for controlling a maneuver within a platoon
AssigneeVolkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsGuillaume Jornod, Andreas Pfadler
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Abstract
A method, a computer program, an apparatus, a transportation vehicle, and a network component for controlling a maneuver within a platoon of transportation vehicles. The method for controlling a maneuver within a platoon of transportation vehicles includes receiving information related to a maneuver for the platoon; determining information on a fuel efficiency of the maneuver based on fuel consumptions for maneuvering from an initial state to a maneuver target state, keeping the maneuver target state, and reverting from the maneuver target state to the initial state; and deciding whether to perform the maneuver based on the information on the fuel efficiency.
Claims25
An apparatus for controlling a maneuver within a platoon of a plurality of transportation vehicles, the apparatus comprising:
- one or more interfaces for communicating with one or more of the plurality of transportation vehicles of the platoon of;
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- a control module to control the one or more interfaces to receive information related to a maneuver for the platoon,
- wherein the control module determines information indicating a fuel efficiency of the maneuver based on fuel consumptions for maneuvering from an initial state to a maneuver target state, keeping the maneuver target state, and reverting from the maneuver target state to the initial state,
- wherein the control module decides whether to perform the maneuver based on the determined fuel efficiency information, and
- wherein the control module is configured to control one or more of the plurality of transportation vehicles to perform the maneuver, or to not perform the maneuver, based on the decision whether to perform the maneuver.
A method for controlling a maneuver within a platoon of a plurality of transportation vehicles, the method comprising:
- receiving information related to a maneuver for the platoon;
- determining information on a fuel efficiency of the maneuver based on fuel consumptions for maneuvering from an initial state to a maneuver target state, keeping the maneuver target state, and reverting from the maneuver target state to the initial state;
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- deciding whether to perform the maneuver based on the determined fuel efficiency information;
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- controlling one or more of the plurality of transportation vehicles to perform the maneuver, or to not perform the maneuver, based on the decision whether to perform the maneuver.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.