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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2019
Filed:
May. 08, 2017
Peloton Technology, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Joshua P. Switkes, Mountain View, CA (US);
Joseph Christian Gerdes, Los Altos, CA (US);
Eugene Berdichevsky, Oakland, CA (US);
PELOTON TECHNOLOGY, INC., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for coordinating and controlling vehicles, for example heavy trucks, to follow closely behind each other, or linking, 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. Additional safety features in at least some embodiments include providing each driver with one or more visual displays of forward and rearward looking cameras. Long-range communications are provided for coordinating vehicles for linking, and for communicating analytics to fleet managers or others.