Vehicles that are autonomous or human-operated may drive in a platoon to achieve energy savings. A leader vehicle receives information broadcasts from following vehicles that include a state of energyand one or more other values such as energy usage rates, range, destination, and aerodynamic properties. The leader vehicle may then determine an ordering of vehicles that increases the range of theplatoon, e.g., reduces the number of refueling/recharging stops of the platoon. Other considerations for ordering the vehicles may include overall energy savings and a fair distribution of energy savings. A desired ordering may be achieved by transmitting swap commands to pairs of vehicles until the platoon is in the correct ordering.
自主或人为操作的车辆可以队列形式驾驶以实现能量节省。领队车辆从跟随车辆接收信息广播,所述信息广播包括能量状态和一个或多个其他值,诸如能量使用率、里程、目的地和空气动力学特性。所述领队车辆然后可以确定车辆的排序,所述排序增加所述队列的所述里程(例如减少所述队列的加油/再充电停车的次数)。对所述车辆进行排序的其他考虑因素可以包括总体能量节省和能量节省的公平分配。可以通过向车辆对传输调换命令直到所述队列处于正确排序来实现期望排序。
Range-based vehicle platoon ordering
基于里程的车辆队列排序
2020-08-04
Patent
Electronic Resource
Chinese
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 / G08G Anlagen zur Steuerung, Regelung oder Überwachung des Verkehrs , TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS |