US 12,259,734 B2
Device and method for controlling vehicle platooning mode based on IoT device and camera
Kyung Jung Song, Seongnam-si (KR)
Assigned to HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Nov. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/988,133.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0032364 (KR), filed on Mar. 15, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0297122 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. B60W 40/02 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC G05D 1/0276 (2013.01) [B60W 40/02 (2013.01); B60W 2554/80 (2020.02); B60W 2556/65 (2020.02)] 12 Claims
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1. A method of controlling a platooning mode of a vehicle using a processor-based system for communication and lane analysis, the method comprising:
Receiving, via an IoT device configured for short-range communication, beacon signals including unique identification information from a surrounding vehicle;
determining, with a processor, that the surrounding vehicle is a platooning eligible vehicle when the unique identification information corresponds to pre-stored platooning eligibility information;
acquiring a forward-view image of the vehicle;
detecting lane lines of a lane in which the vehicle is traveling from the forward-view image;
calculating an offset distance of the vehicle from the lane lines of the lane; and
activating the platooning mode of the vehicle based on whether the beacon signals satisfy a first condition and whether the offset distance satisfies a second condition.