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Method and control unit for adjusting an inter vehicular distance between vehicles in a vehicle platoon

A control unit, inter-vehicle technology, applied in the traffic control system of road vehicles, vehicle position/route/altitude control, two-dimensional position/navigation control and other directions

Active Publication Date: 2019-07-19
SCANIA CV AB
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Again, the literature does not address the specific issue of different legislation concerning the minimum distances allowed in different countries

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[0026] The embodiments of the invention described here are defined as a control unit, a method in a control unit and a system, which can be put into practice in the embodiments described below. These embodiments may, however, be illustrated and implemented in many different forms, and are not limited to the examples set forth herein; rather, illustrative examples of these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete.

[0027] Other objects and features will become apparent from the following detailed description considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. It should be understood, however, that the drawings are designed for purposes of illustration only and not as a definition of the limits of the embodiments disclosed herein, references being made to these embodiments are to the appended claims. In addition, the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale, and unless otherwise indicated, they are only intended to conceptually ill...

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Method (400) and control unit (210) for adjusting an inter vehicular distance (130) between vehicles (100a, 100b, 100c) in a platoon (110). The control unit (210) is configured to: obtain a geographical position for a vehicle (100a, 100b, 100c) in the platoon (110); determine a zone (200a) wherein the obtained geographical position is situated; determine an inter vehicular minimum distance limit,associated with the determined zone (200a); and adjust the inter vehicular distance (130) between the vehicles (100a, 100b, 100c) in the platoon (110) into the determined inter vehicular minimum distance limit by sending a control signal to the vehicle (100a, 100b, 100c) in the platoon (110).

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technical field [0001] A control unit, a method in a control unit and a system are disclosed herein. More specifically, a method, a control unit and a system for adjusting the inter-vehicle distance between vehicles in a platoon are provided. Background technique [0002] Grouping vehicles into platoons is an emerging technology that can reduce fuel consumption and increase road capacity. Many vehicles (eg 2-25 or more) can be organized in a platoon or convoy where the vehicles travel in coordination with each other with only a small distance between them, eg a few decimeters or meters, eg up to 50-100 metres. This reduces air resistance, which is important for reducing energy consumption, especially for heavy vehicles such as trucks, buses and vans or other vehicles with a large frontal area. In principle, it can be said that the shorter the distance between vehicles, the lower the air resistance becomes, which reduces the energy consumption of the platoon of vehicles. M...

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IPC IPC(8): G08G1/00B60W30/165G01C21/00G01C22/00G05D1/02B60W30/16
CPCG05D1/0297B60W30/165G08G1/22H04W84/005G01C21/005G01C21/3697B60W2554/00B60W2552/35B60W2556/50B60W2555/20B60W2754/30G01C21/00G01C22/00G01C21/38G05D1/695B60W2554/406
Inventor A·阿拉姆C·贝里斯特兰德
Owner SCANIA CV AB
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