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Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2021

Filed:

Nov. 30, 2018
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Umair Ibrahim, San Jose, CA (US);

Ian Fleming, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/01 (2006.01); B60W 40/09 (2012.01); G08G 1/00 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/22 (2013.01); B60W 40/09 (2013.01); G08G 1/0129 (2013.01); G08G 1/0137 (2013.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicle platoon system may include a database configured to maintain a user profile and data descriptive of existing platoons, and a processor configured to receive a platoon request indicating desire to join a platoon, receive, in response to the request, the user profile defining at least one compliance threshold indicative of a minimum compliance score of other platoon participants, determine whether all members of at least one of the existing platoons have a compliance score exceeding the compliance threshold, and instruct an indication of the platoon to be presented for selection.


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