A system (4) to control a vehicle platoon that comprises at least one lead vehicle and one additional vehicle, each of which has a positioning unit (1) and a unit (2) for wireless communication, and a method to control a vehicle platoon. The system and method comprise to: - determine a common position-based driving strategy adapted to be applied for all vehicles in the vehicle platoon along a road horizon for the road ahead of the vehicle platoon, wherein the driving strategy comprises a driving profile comprising target values b, and associated positions p,, and to - pass the driving strategy to all vehicles in the vehicle platoon, after which the vehicles in the vehicle platoon are control according to the driving strategy, wherein the said target values are applied for each one of the vehicles at each position associated with a target value.
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A VEHICLE PLATOON WITH A COMMON POSITION-BASED DRIVING STRATEGY
SYSTEM UND VERFAHREN ZUR STEUERUNG EINER FAHRZEUGFLOTTE MIT EINER GEMEINSAMEN POSITIONSBASIERTEN FAHRSTRATEGIE
SYSTÈME ET PROCÉDÉ DE COMMANDE D'UN CONVOI DE VÉHICULES PAR UNE STRATÉGIE COMMUNE DE CONDUITE BASÉE EN GÉOLOCALISATION
2021-02-24
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60W CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION , Gemeinsame Steuerung oder Regelung von Fahrzeug-Unteraggregaten verschiedenen Typs oder verschiedener Funktion / G05D SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES , Systeme zum Steuern oder Regeln nichtelektrischer veränderlicher Größen / G08G Anlagen zur Steuerung, Regelung oder Überwachung des Verkehrs , TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS |