Applications for using mass estimations for vehicles
AssigneePeloton Technology, Inc.
InventorsJoshua P. Switkes, Stephen M. Erlien, Austin B. Schuh
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Abstract
Various applications for use of mass estimations of a vehicle, including to control operation of the vehicle, sharing the mass estimation with other vehicles and/or a Network Operations Center (NOC), organizing vehicles operating in a platoon and/or partially controlling the operation of one or more vehicles operating in a platoon based on the relative mass estimations between the platooning vehicles. When vehicles are operating in a platoon, the relative mass between a lead and a following vehicle may be used to scale torque and/or brake commands generated by the lead vehicle and sent to the following vehicle.
Claims21
A method, comprising:
- generating sensor data for a first vehicle;
- detecting when a braking event occurs on the first vehicle;
- calculating a mass estimation for the first vehicle based on the generated sensor data, wherein the generated sensor data generated during the braking event is excluded from the calculation;
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- sharing the calculated mass estimation for the first vehicle with one or more additional vehicle(s).
A system comprising:
- a sensor configured to generate sensor data for a first vehicle, wherein the sensor is configured to detect when a braking event occurs on the first vehicle;
- an electronic device configured to calculate a mass estimation for the first vehicle based on the generated sensor data, wherein the sensor data generated during the braking event is excluded from the calculation;
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- sharing the calculated mass estimation for the first vehicle with one or more additional vehicle(s).
A method, comprising:
- generating sensor data for a first vehicle;
- attempting to calculate a mass of the first vehicle based on the generated sensor data;
- in response to detecting a force applied to the first vehicle that may introduce errors in the calculation of the mass of the first vehicle, excluding sensor data generated during the application of the force from the calculation of the mass of the first vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.