Platoon system for vehicles
AssigneeCummins Inc.
InventorsVivek Anand Sujan, Phani Kiran Vajapeyazula, Govindarajan Kothandaraman, Jingxuan Liu, Kenneth M. Follen
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Systems and apparatuses include a controller including a circuit structured to communicate with a platoon of vehicles, determine a platoon rank order, determine final separation distances between vehicles, affect operation of each vehicle to achieve the platoon rank order and final separation distances, monitor the platoon of vehicles to determine if a deserter is leaving the platoon of vehicles or if a critical change has occurred, determine an updated platoon rank order, and determine an updated final separation distances between vehicles.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a controller including a circuit structured to:
- receive vehicle sensor signals from an array of sensors;
- determine self-dynamic parameters of a vehicle;
- broadcast the self-dynamic parameters to other vehicles;
- receive other-dynamic parameters from the other vehicles;
- assign each vehicle a score based at least in part on the self-dynamic parameters and the other-dynamic parameters;
- rank the scores;
- determine a self-preliminary platoon order based on the ranked scores;
- broadcast the self-preliminary platoon order to the other vehicles;
- receive other-preliminary platoon orders from the other vehicles;
- merge the self-preliminary platoon order and the other-preliminary platoon orders;
- determine a platoon rank order based on the merged self-preliminary platoon order and the other-preliminary platoon orders;
- and
- broadcast the platoon rank order to the other vehicles.
An apparatus comprising:
- a controller including a circuit structured to:
- receive vehicle sensor signals from an array of sensors;
- determine self-dynamic parameters of a vehicle;
- broadcast the self-dynamic parameters to other vehicles;
- receive other-dynamic parameters from the other vehicles;
- assign each vehicle a score based at least in part on the self-dynamic parameters and the other-dynamic parameters;
- determine a self-separation distance based on the scores;
- broadcast the self-separation distance to the other vehicles;
- receive other-separation distances from the other vehicles;
- merge the self-separation distance and the other-separation distances;
- determine a final separation distance based on the merged self-separation distance and other-separation distances;
- and
- broadcast the final separation distance to the other vehicles.
An apparatus comprising:
- a controller including a circuit structured to:
- communicate with a platoon of vehicles;
- determine a platoon rank order;
- determine final separation distances between vehicles;
- affect operation of each vehicle to achieve the platoon rank order and final separation distances;
- monitor the platoon of vehicles to determine if a deserter is leaving the platoon of vehicles or if a critical change has occurred;
- determine an updated platoon rank order;
- and
- determine an updated final separation distances between vehicles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.