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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2023
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Koichi Okuda, Toyota, JP;
Masafumi Yamamoto, Nagakute, JP;
Yoshito Sekiguchi, Kariya, JP;
Yuuki Makino, Aichi-gun, JP;
Atsushi Tabata, Okazaki, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A platooning system executes automatic follow-up running in line with a predetermined intervehicle distance between adjacent vehicles from a leading vehicle, the platoon participating vehicles each comprising a driving force source, an automatic transmission capable of shifting to a plurality of gear stages each having a different gear ratio, and an in-vehicle control device automatically controlling output of the driving force source and the gear stages of the automatic transmission, the platooning system comprising a platoon control device connected via wireless communication to the platoon participating vehicles, for managing at least shifting of the automatic transmission, the platoon control device executing platoon shift control that shifts the automatic transmission via the in-vehicle control device in order from vehicles on tail side among the platoon participating vehicles in case of satisfying shift conditions previously defined to allow the driving force source to work in a proper working range.