Platoon travel system
First Claim
1. A platoon travel system for organizing a platoon of plural vehicles and performing a platoon travel of the plural vehicles along a preset travel route,the platoon travel system comprising:
- at least one processor located in an Electronic Control Unit (ECU), and a memory, the at least one processor is configured to, based on executing instructions stored in the memory;
acquire, by a first acquisition unit, from each of the plural vehicles, projection area information which includes a projection area of each vehicle;
acquire, by a second acquisition unit, from each of the plural vehicles, depart point information which includes a depart point at which each vehicle is to depart from the preset travel route of the platoon;
divide, by a grouping unit, the plural vehicles into a top group and a tail end group based on the projection area information, among which the vehicles with the projection area in a first range belong to the top group and the vehicles with the projection area in a second range belong to the tail end group, and the second range is less than the first range;
determine, by a final position determination unit, an in-group position of each of the plural vehicles in the vehicle groups based on the depart point information;
position the top group vehicles in an ascending order of depart point distances based on the depart point information;
position the tail end group vehicles in a descending order of depart point distances based on the depart point information;
transmit, via a transmitter cooperative with the ECU, to the each of the plural vehicles, platoon information, which reflects the position of each of the plural vehicles as determined by the final position determination unit and inter-vehicle distance; and
control a self-vehicle of the plural vehicles, via a travel system component cooperative with the ECU of the self-vehicle, according to the position of the self-vehicle as determined by the final position determination unit, which is reflected in the platoon information.
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Abstract
A platoon travel system organizes and performs a platoon travel of plural vehicles along a preset travel route. The system has a grouping unit that divides the plural vehicles into a top group and a tail end group based on projection area information of the vehicles, and groups vehicles with a projection area in a first range to the top group and vehicles with a projection area in a second range to the tail end group, which is less than the first range. A final position determination unit determines a position of each of the plural vehicles in the vehicle groups based on the depart point information, positions the top group vehicles in an ascending order of depart point distances, and positions the tail end group vehicles in a descending order of depart point distances, thereby preventing deterioration of whole platoon energy consumption.
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16 Claims
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1. A platoon travel system for organizing a platoon of plural vehicles and performing a platoon travel of the plural vehicles along a preset travel route,
the platoon travel system comprising: at least one processor located in an Electronic Control Unit (ECU), and a memory, the at least one processor is configured to, based on executing instructions stored in the memory; acquire, by a first acquisition unit, from each of the plural vehicles, projection area information which includes a projection area of each vehicle; acquire, by a second acquisition unit, from each of the plural vehicles, depart point information which includes a depart point at which each vehicle is to depart from the preset travel route of the platoon; divide, by a grouping unit, the plural vehicles into a top group and a tail end group based on the projection area information, among which the vehicles with the projection area in a first range belong to the top group and the vehicles with the projection area in a second range belong to the tail end group, and the second range is less than the first range; determine, by a final position determination unit, an in-group position of each of the plural vehicles in the vehicle groups based on the depart point information; position the top group vehicles in an ascending order of depart point distances based on the depart point information; position the tail end group vehicles in a descending order of depart point distances based on the depart point information; transmit, via a transmitter cooperative with the ECU, to the each of the plural vehicles, platoon information, which reflects the position of each of the plural vehicles as determined by the final position determination unit and inter-vehicle distance; and control a self-vehicle of the plural vehicles, via a travel system component cooperative with the ECU of the self-vehicle, according to the position of the self-vehicle as determined by the final position determination unit, which is reflected in the platoon information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A platoon travel system for organizing a platoon of plural vehicles and performing a platoon travel of the plural vehicles along a preset travel route,
the platoon travel system comprising: at least one processor located in an Electronic Control Unit (ECU), and a memory, the at least one processor is configured to, based on executing instructions stored in the memory; acquire, by a first acquisition unit, from each of the plural vehicles, projection area information which includes a projection area of each vehicle; acquire, by a second acquisition unit, from each of the plural vehicles, remaining energy information which includes an amount of remaining energy left in each vehicle; divide, by a grouping unit, the plural vehicles into a top group and a tail end group based on the projection area information among which the vehicles with the projection area in a first range belong to the top group and the vehicles with the projection area in a second range belong to the tail end group, and in which the second range is less than the first range; determine, by a final position determination unit, an in-group position of each of the plural vehicles in the vehicle groups based on the remaining energy information; position the top group vehicles in a descending order of the remaining energies; position the tail end group vehicles in an ascending order of the remaining energies; transmit, via a transmitter cooperative with the ECU, to the each of the plural vehicles, platoon information, which reflects the position of each of the plural vehicles as determined by the final position determination unit and inter-vehicle distance; and control a self-vehicle of the plural vehicles, via a travel system component cooperative with the ECU of the self-vehicle, according to the position of the self-vehicle as determined by the final position determination unit, which is reflected in the platoon information.
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16. A platoon travel system for organizing a platoon of plural vehicles and performing a platoon travel of the plural vehicles along a preset travel route,
the platoon travel system comprising: at least one processor located in an Electronic Control Unit (ECU), and a memory, the at least one processor is configured to, based on executing instructions stored in the memory; acquire, by a first acquisition unit, from each of the plural vehicles, projection area information which includes a projection area of each vehicle; acquire, by a second acquisition unit, from each of the plural vehicles, horsepower output information which includes a horsepower output of each vehicle; divide, by a grouping unit, the plural vehicles into a top group and a tail end group based on the projection area information among which the vehicles with the projection area in a first range belong to the top group and the vehicles with the projection area in a second range belong to the tail end group, and in which the second range is less than the first range; and determine, by a final position determination unit, an in-group position of each of the plural vehicles in the vehicle groups based on the horsepower output information; position the top group vehicles in a descending order of the horsepower outputs; position the tail end group vehicles in an ascending order of the horsepower outputs; transmit, via a transmitter cooperative with the ECU, to the each of the plural vehicles, platoon information, which reflects the position of each of the plural vehicles as determined by the final position determination unit and inter-vehicle distance; and control a self-vehicle of the plural vehicles, via a travel system component cooperative with the ECU of the self-vehicle, according to the position of the self-vehicle as determined by the final position determination unit, which is reflected in the platoon information.
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