Method for joining drive rank of vehicle
US10259456B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 23, 2016 |
| Grant date | Apr 16, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 27, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01S2013/9325
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method for joining a driving rank of a vehicle including receiving, by a joining requesting vehicle, information of vehicles in a cooperative adaptive cruise control (CACC) driving rank, transmitting, by the joining requesting vehicle, a joining request message to the vehicles in the CACC driving rank, and receiving, by the vehicles in the CACC driving rank, the joining request message, adjusting, by a rear vehicle and a front vehicle with respect to a position to which the joining requesting vehicle intends to move, among the vehicles in the CACC driving rank, a distance therebetween, determining, by the joining requesting vehicle, whether the joining requesting vehicle is allowed to join the vehicles in the CACC driving rank, and joining, by the joining requesting vehicle, the vehicles in the CACC driving rank and allowing the driving rank to be reconfigured.
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