The invention relates to a method of controlling inter-vehicle gap(s) (24a-c) in a platoon (10) comprising a lead vehicle (12) and one or more following vehicles (14a-c), wherein an indicator (27) of a potential collision threat (26) is identified by an autonomous emergency braking system and the autonomous emergency braking system comprises pre-defined control phases (28a-c), including a first alert phase (28a), a second warning brake phase (28b), and a third full brake phase (28c).
METHOD OF CONTROLLING INTER-VEHICLE GAP(S) IN A PLATOON
VERFAHREN ZUR KONTROLLE DES ABSTANDES ZWISCHEN FAHRZEUGEN IN EINER KOLONNE
PROCÉDÉ DE RÉGULATION DES DISTANCES ENTRE VÉHICULES DANS UN PELOTON
2018-12-12
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60W CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION , Gemeinsame Steuerung oder Regelung von Fahrzeug-Unteraggregaten verschiedenen Typs oder verschiedener Funktion / 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 |