| CPC G08G 1/22 (2013.01) [G05D 1/0295 (2013.01)] | 17 Claims |
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1. A processor-implemented vehicle platooning method comprising:
an information collection operation in which a leader vehicle in a platooning convoy receives information from other vehicles in the platooning convoy and checks the other vehicles; and
a determination operation in which, when a request for joining the platooning convoy is received from an external vehicle not participating in the platooning convoy, the leader vehicle receives information about the external vehicle and determines whether to approve the request for joining the platooning convoy,
wherein the external vehicle is notified of a result of and a reason for the determination, by transmitting a signal to the external vehicle that is displayed on a display unit of the external vehicle, and
wherein, in the determination operation, the leader vehicle:
checks a total number of passengers in vehicles participating in the platooning convoy assuming the external vehicle joins the platooning convoy;
calculates a seat occupancy rate, using seat sensors, based on the checked total number of passengers and a total number of seats of vehicles in the platooning convoy and the external vehicle; and
approves the request for the joining of the external vehicle when the seat occupancy rate is less than a reference value and arranges the external vehicle within the platooning convoy by an instruction of the leader vehicle such that the external vehicle is arranged in a position within the platooning convoy in which a density of passengers is lowest, and notifies the external vehicle of refusal of the joining when the seat occupancy rate is equal to or higher than the reference value.
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