US 11,776,410 B2
Platooning controller, system including the same, and method thereof
Dong Hyuk Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Sang Yeob Lee, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Il Hwan Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Hong Gi Park, Seoul (KR); and Kyung Joo Bang, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Feb. 19, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/795,179.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0105430 (KR), filed on Aug. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0065557 A1, Mar. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. G08G 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); G06F 3/0486 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01)
CPC G08G 1/22 (2013.01) [G05D 1/0016 (2013.01); G05D 1/0027 (2013.01); G05D 1/0293 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01); G06F 3/0486 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
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1. A platooning controller, comprising:
a processor configured to:
display each of a plurality of vehicles forming a platoon as a vehicle area, wherein the vehicle area of each of the plurality of vehicles is displayed as a box;
display a vehicle area corresponding to a leading vehicle and vehicle areas corresponding to respective following vehicles as a laminated structure, wherein the vehicle area of the leading vehicle is located at the top or at the bottom of the vehicle areas in the laminated structure and is followed by the vehicle areas of the following vehicles;
display vehicle areas of the vehicles on a screen to be partially overlapped with each other; and
perform platooning control to designate a location of a vehicle selected from the plurality of vehicles within the platoon based on movement of the vehicle area of the selected vehicle in a drag and drop technique; and
a storage configured to store information for configuring the screen by the processor to display vehicle state information.