Method for controlling vehicles in a mission along a route

US11462114B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Volvo Truck Corporation · SE

Inventors

• Jonas Hellgren · Gothenburg, SE
• Mohammad Manjurul ISLAM · Merrimack, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 22, 2019
• Grant date: Oct 4, 2022
• Expiry date: Mar 22, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04W4/46
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for controlling vehicles (V1-V3) in a mission along a route, comprising—selecting at least two progress control value sets (u, tw), each value set comprising a respective value (u1, u2, u3, tw) of a progress control parameter for at least one of the vehicles, wherein each progress control parameter value influences the rate of progress of the respective vehicle, —determining, for each of the selected progress control value sets, a respective distribution (SoBfut) of the vehicles, if the at least one of the vehicles is controlled based on the respective selected progress control value set (u, tw), so that each progress control value set is correlated to a respective distribution (SoBfut) of the vehicles, —identifying, from the selected progress control value sets, based at least partly on the determinations of the distributions (SOBfut), a progress control value set (u, tw) for controlling the at least one of the vehicles, and—controlling the at least one of the vehicles (V1-V3) according to the identified progress control value set (u).