A computer-implemented method of directing an autonomous vehicle to join an autonomous vehicle train, the computer-implemented method including: receiving, via at least one of one or more processors or associated transceivers of the autonomous vehicle train, a request from a requesting autonomous vehicle that is not part of the autonomous vehicle train to join the autonomous vehicle train along a route; determining, using autonomous vehicle data, a rendezvous point along the route; transmitting, a communication to the requesting autonomous vehicle authorizing the requesting autonomous vehicle to join the autonomous vehicle train at the rendezvous point along the route; and directing the requesting autonomous vehicle to join the autonomous vehicle train at the rendezvous point along the route. Other embodiments are described.


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    Title :

    DYNAMIC AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE TRAIN


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    Publication date :

    2024-12-19


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    G05D SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES , Systeme zum Steuern oder Regeln nichtelektrischer veränderlicher Größen / G08G Anlagen zur Steuerung, Regelung oder Überwachung des Verkehrs , TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS / H04W WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS , Drahtlose Kommunikationsnetze



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