Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus for automated following behind a lead vehicle. The lead vehicle navigates a path from a starting point to a destination. The lead vehicle and the following vehicle are connected via V2V communication, allowing one or more following vehicles to detect the path taken by the lead vehicle. A computerized control system on the following vehicle (a Follow-the-Leader, or FTL, system) allows the following vehicle to mimic the behavior of the lead vehicle, with the FTL system controlling steering to guide the following vehicle along the path previously navigated by the lead vehicle. In some embodiments, the lead vehicle and following vehicle may both use Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) position coordinates. In some embodiments, the following vehicle may also have a system of sensors to maintain a gap between the following and lead vehicles.


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    Titel :

    CONTROL OF AUTOMATED FOLLOWING IN VEHICLE CONVOYS


    Beteiligte:
    LAWS SHAD (Autor:in) / SWITKES JOSHUA (Autor:in) / GAVRYSH ART (Autor:in) / TANGE MARC (Autor:in) / HERBERT MARK (Autor:in) / TWITTY COLLEEN (Autor:in) / HOGLE DEAN (Autor:in) / TAMONEY ANDREW (Autor:in) / MONSLER ERIC (Autor:in) / ROSARIO CARLOS (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2020-02-20


    Medientyp :

    Patent


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Klassifikation :

    IPC:    G05D SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES , Systeme zum Steuern oder Regeln nichtelektrischer veränderlicher Größen / 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



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