Cloud-Coordinated Vehicle Platoon Formation for Route Flexibility
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vehicle platoon formation methods are limited and difficult to satisfy various platoon driving scenarios, lacking flexibility and optimal traffic efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A platoon driving control method and apparatus that utilizes a cloud server to receive vehicle state information, determine capable vehicles, and transmit control instructions for forming platoons based on driving capabilities and routes, enhancing flexibility and optimizing traffic efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional vehicle platoon formation methods are used, then vehicle platoons can be formed, but the system lacks flexibility and cannot meet diverse scenario requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a cloud server as an intermediary that coordinates vehicle platoon formation. The cloud server receives capability information and route data from multiple vehicles, performs comprehensive assessment and matching, then transmits control instructions to form platoons. This intermediary approach enables flexible adaptation to diverse scenarios while distributing computational complexity to the cloud infrastructure rather than requiring complex onboard systems in each vehicle.
2Productivity
If cloud server-based platoon formation is implemented, then platoon driving flexibility and traffic efficiency are improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Vehicles autonomously report their platoon driving capability information and expected route data to the cloud server without requiring complex manual configuration or intervention. Each vehicle independently prepares and transmits its capability profile, allowing the system to efficiently assess and form platoons based on self-reported data, thereby improving traffic efficiency while keeping individual vehicle systems relatively simple.
3Reliability
If comprehensive vehicle assessment is performed, then effective platoons can be formed for diverse scenarios, but information processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
Vehicles pre-report their platoon driving capability information and expected route data to the cloud server before platoon formation is needed. This preliminary action allows the cloud server to have assessment data readily available when forming platoons, improving reliability by ensuring comprehensive vehicle evaluation while reducing real-time information processing requirements during actual platoon formation events.
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AI summary
Embodiments of this application provide platoon driving control methods and apparatuses, a computer-readable medium, and an electronic device. The platoon driving control method includes: receiving vehicle state information reported by vehicles, the vehicle state information at least comprising platoon driving capability information of the vehicles; determining, according to the platoon driving capability information of the vehicles and expected driving routes of the vehicles, a plurality of vehicles capable of performing platoon driving; and transmitting a platoon driving control instruction to the plurality of vehicles to instruct the plurality of vehicles to form a vehicle platoon to perform platoon driving.