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US 2022/0068141 A1Published application
Platooning control apparatus and method
AssigneeHyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
InventorDong Hoon MOK
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Abstract
A platooning control apparatus may include: a navigation unit configured to guide an ego vehicle to a destination set by a driver; a driving module configured to drive the ego vehicle; and a control unit configured to primarily select platooning groups based on the destination set in the navigation unit, analyze platooning information of the primarily selected platooning groups, finally decide any one of the primarily selected platooning groups, and then control the driving module to join the finally decided platooning group.
Claims14
A platooning control apparatus comprising:
- a navigation unit configured to guide an ego vehicle to a destination set by a driver;
- a driving module configured to drive the ego vehicle;
- and
- a control unit configured to primarily select platooning groups based on the destination set in the navigation unit, analyze platooning information of the primarily selected platooning groups, decide a platooning group of the primarily selected platooning groups, and then control the driving module to drive the ego vehicle to join the decided platooning group,
- wherein when the ego vehicle is an autonomous vehicle, the control unit is configured to control the ego vehicle to autonomously follow a leader vehicle within the decided platooning group.
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A platooning control method comprising:
- primarily selecting, by a control unit, platooning groups based on a destination set in a navigation unit;
- analyzing, by the control unit, platooning information of the primarily selected platooning groups, and deciding a platooning group of the primarily selected platooning groups;
- and
- controlling, by the control unit, a driving module to drive an ego vehicle, such that the ego vehicle joins the decided platooning group,
- wherein in the controlling of the driving module to drive the ego vehicle,
- the control unit controls the ego vehicle to autonomously follow a leader vehicle within the platooning group, when the vehicle is an autonomous vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.