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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2014
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Takuji Hiroma, Haga-gun, JP;
Mahito Ishiyama, Haga-gun, JP;
Masako Miyazawa, Haga-gun, JP;
Hiroyuki Tanabe, Haga-gun, JP;
Michi Yamane, Haga-gun, JP;
Naoto Sen, Haga-gun, JP;
Junpei Yashima, Haga-gun, JP;
Hideo Nakahama, Haga-gun, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A convoy travel control apparatus includes: a communication portion; a travel control portion; and a joining control portion, wherein when an own vehicle is travelling in convoy while being incorporated in a group of convoy vehicles travelling in convoy, if the communication portion has received, from an independent vehicle not incorporated in the group of convoy vehicles travelling in convoy, request information to incorporate the independent vehicle into the group of convoy vehicles, then the joining control portion determines a positional relationship between a position of the group of convoy vehicles and a position of the independent vehicle, and wherein if the independent vehicle is travelling along a side of the group of convoy vehicles, then in order to incorporate the independent vehicle into the group of convoy vehicles, the joining control portion exercises control on the group of convoy vehicles via the communication portion.