EP 3353615 A1 20180801 - VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION AND LOCATION USING SENOR FUSION AND INTER-VEHICLE COMMUNICATION
Title (en)
VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION AND LOCATION USING SENOR FUSION AND INTER-VEHICLE COMMUNICATION
Title (de)
FAHRZEUGIDENTIFIKATION- UND -LOKALISIERUNG MITTELS SENSORFUSION UND KOMMUNIKATION ZWISCHEN FAHRZEUGEN
Title (fr)
IDENTIFICATION ET LOCALISATION DE VÉHICULES PAR FUSION DE CAPTEURS ET COMMUNICATION ENTRE VÉHICULES
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 201514855044 A 20150915
- US 201562249898 P 20151102
- US 2016049143 W 20160826
- US 2016060167 W 20161102
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO2017070714A1] Systems and methods for coordinating and controlling vehicles, for example heavy trucks, to follow closely behind each other, or linking to form a platoon, in a convenient, safe manner and thus to save significant amounts of fuel while increasing safety. In an embodiment, on-board controllers in each vehicle interact with vehicular sensors to monitor and control, for example, relative distance, relative acceleration/deceleration, and speed. Various data is supplied by the vehicle's onboard systems to a Network Operations Center. The data generated locally from the vehicle's onboard sensors is combined in some embodiments to provide multiple modalities for identifying partner vehicles as well as managing operation of vehicles in close proximity to one another. Various techniques for improving relative position data are also disclosed.
IPC 8 full level
G05D 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
G01S 19/28 (2013.01); G01S 19/51 (2013.01); G05D 1/0293 (2024.01); G08G 1/163 (2013.01); G08G 1/164 (2013.01); G08G 1/22 (2013.01)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated extension state (EPC)
BA ME
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 2017070714 A1 20170427; WO 2017070714 A9 20170629; CA 3004051 A1 20170427; EP 3353615 A1 20180801; EP 3353615 A4 20190410
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 2016060167 W 20161102; CA 3004051 A 20161102; EP 16858471 A 20161102