US 12,749,406 B2 · Convoy management device and convoy management method

Abstract

A vehicle sensing unit to sense a plurality of convoy-management-target vehicles; an occupant state sensing unit to sense states of occupants riding the plurality of convoy-management-target vehicles sensed by the vehicle sensing unit; a convoy computing unit to compute a convoy of the plurality of convoy-management-target vehicles sensed by the vehicle sensing unit on the basis of a result of the sensing by the occupant state sensing unit; and a convoy control unit to control the convoy of the plurality of convoy-management-target vehicles sensed by the vehicle sensing unit on the basis of a result of the computation by the convoy computing unit are included.

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Dependent claims

A convoy management device comprising:

processing circuitry
to sense a plurality of convoy-management-target vehicles;
to sense, in real-time using one or more vehicle internal sensors provided to the plurality of convoy-management-target vehicles, a behavior by an occupant riding a vehicle of the sensed plurality of convoy-management-target vehicles toward another occupant riding another vehicle of the plurality of convoy-management-target vehicles;
to compute a convoy formation and inter-distance of the sensed plurality of convoy-management-target vehicles on a basis of a result of sensing the behavior;
and
to control autonomous travel routes and speeds of the convoy of the sensed plurality of convoy-management-target vehicles on a basis of a result of the computation to adjust the convoy formation and inter-distance.

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Convoy management device and convoy management method

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