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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2014
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Masako Miyazawa, Haga-gun, JP;
Hiroyuki Tanabe, Haga-gun, JP;
Michi Yamane, Haga-gun, JP;
Naoto Sen, Haga-gun, JP;
Junpei Yashima, Haga-gun, JP;
Hideo Nakahama, Haga-gun, JP;
Mahito Ishiyama, Haga-gun, JP;
Takuji Hiroma, Haga-gun, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
This convoy travel control apparatus includes: a communication portion; a travel control portion; and a joining control portion, wherein when an own vehicle is travelling in convoy, if the communication portion has received, from an independent vehicle not incorporated in group of convoy vehicles travelling in convoy, request information to incorporate the independent vehicle into the group of convoy vehicles, then the joining control portion determines a positional relationship between a position of the group of convoy vehicles and a position of the independent vehicle, and wherein according to the determined positional relationship, then the joining control portion exercises control, which is for incorporating the independent vehicle into the group of convoy vehicles, on the group of convoy vehicles via the communication portion.