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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2018
Applicants:
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Inventor:
Dong Hyuk Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Assignees:
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul, KR;
KIA MOTORS COMPANY, Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); G08G 1/0968 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/22 (2013.01); G05D 1/0278 (2013.01); G05D 1/0295 (2013.01); G08G 1/0968 (2013.01);
Abstract
A platooning control apparatus includes: a communication device configured to perform communication between a leading vehicle and following vehicles, which follow the leading vehicle, in a platoon; and a controller configured to control platooning by requesting checking of functions of the following vehicles through the communication device after the platoon is formed, by identifying whether a specific function among checked functions of the following vehicles operates, and by determining whether the platoon is maintained according to an identification result.