METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN OWN VEHICLE TO PARTICIPATE IN A PLATOON
First Claim
1. A method for controlling an own vehicle to participate in platoon with at least one other vehicle, wherein the own vehicle and the at least one other vehicle each having communication devices configured to wirelessly transmit DSRC-signals over a vehicle-to-vehicle communication link between each other, the method comprising:
- checking initiation-conditions to determine if the own vehicle is ready for platooning, wherein the checking of the initiation-conditions comprises monitoring on-board messages transmitted over an on-board-communication system of the own vehicle;
identifying at least one other vehicle in signal-transmittal-range to determine if the at least one other vehicle is ready for platooning and the at least one other vehicle is a valid platooning partner, wherein the identification of the at least one other vehicle comprises monitoring DSRC-messages wirelessly transmitted over the vehicle-to-vehicle-communication between the at least one other vehicle and the own vehicle by the DSRC-signal;
requesting to an adaptive cruise control system to hold a following-distance between the own vehicle and the at least one other vehicle to form a platoon if the at least other vehicle is ready for platooning and is a valid platooning partner and if the own vehicle is assigned as a following vehicle, wherein an assignment as a following vehicle is made if a brake-performance-value of the own vehicle transmitted as an on-board message over the on-board-communication system contains a higher stopping distance performance rank as the brake-performance-value of the at least other vehicle transmitted as an DSRC-message over the vehicle-to-vehicle-communication.
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Abstract
A method for controlling an own vehicle to participate in platoon with at least one other vehicle, wherein the own vehicle and the at least one other vehicle each having communication devices configured to wirelessly transmit DSRC-signals over a vehicle-to-vehicle communication link between each other. The method includes checking initiation conditions to determine if the own vehicle is ready for platooning, identifying at least one other vehicle in signal-transmittal-range to determine if the at least one other vehicle is ready for platooning and the at least one other vehicle is a valid platooning partner, and requesting to an adaptive cruise control system to hold a following-distance between the own vehicle and the at least one other vehicle to form a platoon if the at least other vehicle is ready for platooning and is a valid platooning partner and if the own vehicle is assigned as a following vehicle.
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18 Claims
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1. A method for controlling an own vehicle to participate in platoon with at least one other vehicle, wherein the own vehicle and the at least one other vehicle each having communication devices configured to wirelessly transmit DSRC-signals over a vehicle-to-vehicle communication link between each other, the method comprising:
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checking initiation-conditions to determine if the own vehicle is ready for platooning, wherein the checking of the initiation-conditions comprises monitoring on-board messages transmitted over an on-board-communication system of the own vehicle; identifying at least one other vehicle in signal-transmittal-range to determine if the at least one other vehicle is ready for platooning and the at least one other vehicle is a valid platooning partner, wherein the identification of the at least one other vehicle comprises monitoring DSRC-messages wirelessly transmitted over the vehicle-to-vehicle-communication between the at least one other vehicle and the own vehicle by the DSRC-signal; requesting to an adaptive cruise control system to hold a following-distance between the own vehicle and the at least one other vehicle to form a platoon if the at least other vehicle is ready for platooning and is a valid platooning partner and if the own vehicle is assigned as a following vehicle, wherein an assignment as a following vehicle is made if a brake-performance-value of the own vehicle transmitted as an on-board message over the on-board-communication system contains a higher stopping distance performance rank as the brake-performance-value of the at least other vehicle transmitted as an DSRC-message over the vehicle-to-vehicle-communication. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A communication device, comprising:
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an on-board-interface operable to physically connect to an on-board-communication system of an own vehicle to receive on-board messages and to transmit control-signals; a DSRC-radio operable to wirelessly transmit and receive DSRC-messages over the DSRC-signal; a processor to monitor the on-board messages and the received DSRC-messages to generate a DSRC-signal and a control-signal in dependence of the received on-board messages and the received DSRC-messages.
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18. A vehicle comprising:
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a communication device; an on-board communication system; an electronic braking system; an anti-lock braking system; an electronic stability control; an adaptive cruise control combined with an advanced emergency braking system; and a powertrain-system; wherein the communication device is operable to control the vehicle to participate in a platoon by analyzing a DSRC-signal received from a vehicle-to-vehicle communication and analyzing messages transmitted over the on-board-communication system of an own vehicle and transmitting a control-signal over the on-board communication system.
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