Apparatus and method for grouping vehicles for cooperative driving
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- an initial planning module structured to interpret one or more fleet delivery requirements, assets, drivers, and vehicle descriptions;
a tandem implementation module structured to determine a travel schedule with respect to a first vehicle and a second vehicle that enables the first vehicle and the second vehicle to travel in tandem for a least a portion of a route in response to input from the initial planning module; and
a scheduler module structured to provide a fleet delivery schedule to the first vehicle and the second vehicle in response to the determination of the tandem implementation module.
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Abstract
An apparatus includes an initial planning module, a tandem implementation module, and a scheduler module. The initial planning module is structured to interpret one or more fleet delivery requirements, assets, drivers, and vehicle descriptions. The tandem implementation module is structured to determine a travel schedule with respect to a first vehicle and a second vehicle that enables the first vehicle and the second vehicle to travel in tandem for a least a portion of a route in response to input from the initial planning module. The scheduler module is structured to provide a fleet delivery schedule to the first vehicle and the second vehicle in response to the determination of the tandem implementation module.
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20 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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an initial planning module structured to interpret one or more fleet delivery requirements, assets, drivers, and vehicle descriptions; a tandem implementation module structured to determine a travel schedule with respect to a first vehicle and a second vehicle that enables the first vehicle and the second vehicle to travel in tandem for a least a portion of a route in response to input from the initial planning module; and a scheduler module structured to provide a fleet delivery schedule to the first vehicle and the second vehicle in response to the determination of the tandem implementation module. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for cooperative sharing of an aerodynamic load between across a fleet of vehicles, comprising:
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inputting vehicle information, driver information, and load information; determining, using a processor, schedules for optimizing tandem utilization; and controlling the vehicles in tandem positions to effect a drafting of a first vehicle by a second vehicle in a slipstream of the first vehicle in accordance with the determined schedules. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer readable medium containing program instructions for cooperative sharing of an aerodynamic load between across a fleet of vehicles, wherein execution of the program instructions by one or more processors of a computer system causes the one or more processors to carry out the steps of:
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interpreting one or more fleet delivery requirements, assets, drivers, and vehicle descriptions; determining a travel schedule with respect to a first vehicle and a second vehicle that enables the first vehicle and the second vehicle to travel in tandem for a least a portion of a route in response to the interpretation of the one or more fleet delivery requirements, assets, drivers, and vehicle descriptions; and providing a fleet delivery schedule to the first vehicle and the second vehicle in response to the determination of the travel schedule. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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