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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2013
Applicant:
Volvo Car Corporation, Gothenburg, SE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Volvo Car Corporation, Gothenburg, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2011.01); G08G 1/00 (2006.01); B60T 8/1755 (2006.01); B60W 30/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/22 (2013.01); B60T 2201/08 (2013.01); B60T 8/17557 (2013.01); B60W 30/12 (2013.01); B60T 2201/083 (2013.01); B60T 2201/087 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and method are described for lateral control of a host vehicle (F) during travel in a vehicle platoon. The apparatus and method include acquiring a control signal u and a lateral error ε relative to a target vehicle (L) of a preceding vehicle (T) travelling in the vehicle platoon, filtering the received lateral error ε, filtering the received control signal u, and executing via a processor a control algorithm for actuating lateral control of the host vehicle (F).