Method for platooning in intersection and vehicle controller therefor
AssigneeHyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
InventorChang Ho Cho
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Abstract
A method for platooning vehicles to pass by an intersection, includes obtaining, by a first vehicle controlling driving of a forward platoon, signal information of the intersection; determining, by the first vehicle, vehicle ranks of the forward platoon to pass by the intersection together based on the signal information; and determining, by the first vehicle, a second vehicle to control another driving of a following platoon to be separated from the forward platoon, in response to determining that the vehicle ranks do not pass by the intersection together.
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A method for platooning vehicles to pass through an intersection, the method comprising:
- controlling driving, by a first vehicle, a forward platoon of vehicles that are following the first vehicle;
- obtaining, by the first vehicle, signal information of the intersection;
- determining, by the first vehicle, which of the platooning vehicles from the forward platoon will pass through the intersection together with the first vehicle based on the signal information;
- controlling, by the first vehicle, a second vehicle to control driving of a following platoon including vehicles which are separated from the forward platoon, in response to determining that all of the vehicles of the forward platoon will not pass through the intersection together, wherein the first vehicle permanently ceases to retain any supervisory or control authority over the following platoon based on a determination, by the second vehicle, that rendezvous with the forward platoon before reaching a destination is infeasible, under a condition that the following platoon initially follows a driving route of the forward platoon, and only after the infeasibility determination does the following platoon deviate to an independently determined route;
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- controlling, by the second vehicle, the following platoon based on an independently determined driving route from the forward platoon, in response to the first vehicle ceasing to retain right of control over the following platoon.
A method for platooning vehicles to pass through an intersection, the method comprising:
- controlling driving, by a first vehicle, a forward platoon of vehicles that are following the first vehicle;
- receiving, by a second vehicle in the forward platoon, from a first vehicle controlling driving of the forward platoon, an instruction to control a following platoon of vehicles based on which vehicles will be separated from the forward platoon when passing through the intersection;
- determining, by the second vehicle, whether rendezvous with the forward platoon before reaching a destination is infeasible, under a condition that the following platoon follows a driving route of the forward platoon, wherein the first vehicle permanently ceases to retain any supervisory or control authority over the following platoon based on a determination that rendezvous with the forward platoon before reaching a destination is infeasible, under a condition that the following platoon initially follows a driving route of the forward platoon, and only after the infeasibility determination does the following platoon deviate to an independently determined route;
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- controlling, by the second vehicle, the following platoon based on an independently determined driving route from the forward platoon, in response to the first vehicle ceasing to retain right of control over the following platoon.
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