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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2019
Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems Llc, Elyria, OH (US);
Thomas J. Hayes, Elyria, OH (US);
Michael D. Cremona, Elyria, OH (US);
BENDIX COMMERCIAL VEHICLE SYSTEMS LLC, Elyria, OH (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for dynamically controlling a set of platooning vehicles travelling on a roadway to respond to a presence of a non-platooning emergency vehicle based on situational factors such as roadway configuration, emergency vehicle status, and a location of the platooning vehicle as being approaching from ahead or from behind. An emergency vehicle sensor unit senses a presence and an urgency status of the emergency vehicle near a platooning vehicle. A roadway configuration sensor unit generates roadway configuration data representative of a sensed configuration of the roadway. A control unit generates an emergency vehicle avoidance platoon control command signal based on the roadway configuration, presence, and urgency data for use by the set of platooning vehicles to maneuver the platoon away from a path of the emergency vehicle.