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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2018
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Hiroaki Kodera, Susono, JP;
Takahito Endo, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Kensei Hata, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Naoki Harayama, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Katsuya Iwazaki, Susono, JP;
Yushi Seki, Susono, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle platooning system to operate vehicles in a platoon in an appropriate order. The vehicle platooning system is applied to a vehicle that can be operated autonomously. A controller obtains information about each of the vehicles participating in the platoon including a straight line stability upon satisfaction of a condition to form a platoon with other vehicles, and assigns the vehicle having a relatively good straight line stability to a leader vehicle in the platoon.