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US 11,776,410 B2Granted
Platooning controller, system including the same, and method thereof
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorsDong Hyuk Kim, Sang Yeob Lee, Il Hwan Kim, Hong Gi Park, Kyung Joo Bang
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Abstract
A platooning controller, a vehicle system including the same, and a method thereof are provided. The platooning controller includes a processor that displays each of a plurality of vehicles forming a platoon as a certain vehicle area and arranges and displays vehicle areas of the vehicles on a screen to be partially overlapped with each other. A storage stores information for configuring the screen by the processor.
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A platooning controller, comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- display each of a plurality of vehicles forming a platoon as a vehicle area, wherein the vehicle area of each of the plurality of vehicles is displayed as a box;
- display a vehicle area corresponding to a leading vehicle and vehicle areas corresponding to respective following vehicles as a laminated structure, wherein the vehicle area of the leading vehicle is located at the top or at the bottom of the vehicle areas in the laminated structure and is followed by the vehicle areas of the following vehicles;
- display vehicle areas of the vehicles on a screen to be partially overlapped with each other;
- and
- perform platooning control to designate a location of a vehicle selected from the plurality of vehicles within the platoon based on movement of the vehicle area of the selected vehicle in a drag and drop technique;
- and
- a storage configured to store information for configuring the screen by the processor to display vehicle state information.
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A platooning control method, comprising:
- configuring, by a processor, each of a plurality of vehicles forming a platoon as a predetermined vehicle area on a platooning control screen, wherein the vehicle area of each of the plurality of vehicles is displayed as a box;
- displaying, by the processor, a vehicle area corresponding to a leading vehicle and vehicle areas corresponding to respective following vehicles as a laminated structure, wherein the vehicle area of the leading vehicle is located at the top or at the bottom of the vehicle areas in the animated structure and is followed by the vehicle areas of the following vehicles;
- displaying, by the processor, vehicle areas of the vehicles to be partially overlapped with each other to configure a screen;
- performing, by the processor, platooning control to designate a location of a vehicle selected from the plurality of vehicles within the platoon based on movement of the predetermined vehicle area of the selected vehicle in a drag and drop technique;
- and
- storing, by a storage, information for configuring the screen by the processor to display vehicle state information.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.