Vehicle platooning system
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHiroaki KODERA, Takahito ENDO, Kensei HATA, Naoki HARAYAMA, Katsuya IWAZAKI, Yushi SEKI
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Abstract
A vehicle platooning system to operate vehicles in a platoon in an appropriate order. The vehicle platooning system is applied to a vehicle that can be operated autonomously. A controller obtains information about each of the vehicles participating in the platoon including a straight line stability upon satisfaction of a condition to form a platoon with other vehicles, and assigns the vehicle having a relatively good straight line stability to a leader vehicle in the platoon.
Claims12
A vehicle platooning system for a vehicle having a prime mover, a brake device that applies braking torque to a wheel, and a steering system that turns the wheel, comprising:
- a controller that controls the prime mover, the brake device, and the steering system to operate the vehicle autonomously without requiring a manual operation, and that operates the vehicle to form a platoon with other vehicles while keeping a relative position of the vehicles in the platoon,
- wherein the controller is configured to
- determine satisfaction of a condition to form a platoon with other vehicles,
- obtain information about each of the vehicles participating in the platoon including a straight line stability, upon satisfaction of the condition to form the platoon with other vehicles, and
- assign the vehicle having a relatively good straight line stability to a leader vehicle in the platoon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.