Granted Patent B2

US 12,361,832 · App. 17/982,424 · Granted Jul 15, 2025

Inventor: Zhuoyun Zhang (Shenzhen, CN)

Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED

G08G1/22G05D1/695G05D1/6985H04W4/08H04W4/46B60W30/165B60W2050/046

Abstract

Claims (65)

1. A method for controlling vehicles to drive as a platoon performed by an electronic device in connection with a current vehicle platoon including a leading vehicle and following vehicles, the following vehicles comprising a target following vehicle about to drive away from the current vehicle platoon, the target following vehicle being a non-tail vehicle in the current vehicle platoon, and the method comprising:

transmitting, from the leading vehicle, a first platoon disbanding message to the target following vehicle and a second platoon disbanding message to each of the remaining following vehicles other than the target following vehicle, the second platoon disbanding message comprising a temporary disbanding instruction for instructing to temporarily disband the current vehicle platoon and the temporary disbanding instruction comprising a temporary disbanding timer that specifies a time window, wherein the target following vehicle receiving the first platoon disbanding message is configured to adjust a status thereof to a free status and drive away from the current vehicle platoon, and each of the remaining following vehicles receiving the second platoon disbanding message is configured to adjust a status thereof to a temporary disband status;

transmitting, from the leading vehicle, a re-team up invitation message to each of the remaining following vehicles according to the second platoon disbanding message;

receiving, at the leading vehicle, a re-team up confirmation message returned by each of the remaining following vehicles within the time window specified by the temporary disbanding timer in response to the re-team up invitation message; and

reorganizing each of the remaining following vehicles according to the re-team up confirmation message to form a new vehicle platoon including the leading vehicle and one or more of the remaining following vehicles that have sent the re-team up confirmation message to the leading vehicle, the new vehicle platoon not comprising the target following vehicle and remaining following vehicles that do not transmit the re-team up confirmation message to the leading vehicle.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second platoon disbanding message comprises a disband status field, and a value of the disband status field represents the temporary disbanding instruction; and

the first platoon disbanding message does not comprise the disband status field; or

the first platoon disbanding message comprises the disband status field, and the value of the disband status field represents a non-temporary disbanding instruction; or

the first platoon disbanding message comprises the disband status field, and the value of the disband status field represents the temporary disbanding instruction.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:

receiving a leaving application message transmitted by the target following vehicle; and

transmitting the first platoon disbanding message to the target following vehicle and transmitting the second platoon disbanding message to each of the remaining following vehicles other than the target following vehicle comprises:

in response to the leaving application message, transmitting, from the leading vehicle, the first platoon disbanding message to the target following vehicle, and the second platoon disbanding message to each of the remaining following vehicles other than the target following vehicle.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein transmitting, from the leading vehicle, the first platoon disbanding message to the target following vehicle and transmitting the second platoon disbanding message to each of the remaining following vehicles other than the target following vehicle comprises:

when detecting abnormal behavior of the target following vehicle or in response to an adjustment instruction for adjusting the current vehicle platoon, transmitting, from the leading vehicle, the first platoon disbanding message to the target following vehicle and the second platoon disbanding message to each of the remaining following vehicles.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein after transmitting the second platoon disbanding message to each of the remaining following vehicles other than the target following vehicle, the method further comprises:

keeping platoon member information of each of the remaining following vehicles in the current vehicle platoon in the leading vehicle before the time window specified by the temporary disbanding timer is reached.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:

putting, when the re-team up confirmation message returned by a target remaining following vehicle in the remaining following vehicles is not received within the time window specified by the temporary disbanding timer, a vehicle identifier of the target remaining following vehicle into a leaving list, and setting, through the leading vehicle, a status of the target remaining following vehicle to the free status.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the reorganizing of each of the remaining following vehicles according to the re-team up confirmation message to form the new vehicle platoon comprises:

reorganizing platoon member information according to the re-team up confirmation message; and

transmitting, from the leading vehicle, the reorganized platoon member information to each of the remaining following vehicles to form the new vehicle platoon.

8. An electronic device in connection with a current vehicle platoon including a leading vehicle and following vehicles, the following vehicles comprising a target following vehicle about to drive away from the current vehicle platoon, the target following vehicle being a non-tail vehicle in the current vehicle platoon, the electronic device comprising:

one or more processors; and

a storage apparatus, configured to store one or more programs, the one or more programs, when executed by the one or more processors, causing the electronic device to implement a method for controlling vehicles to drive as a platoon, the method comprising:

transmitting, from the leading vehicle, a first platoon disbanding message to the target following vehicle and a second platoon disbanding message to each of the remaining following vehicles other than the target following vehicle, the second platoon disbanding message comprising a temporary disbanding instruction for instructing to temporarily disband the current vehicle platoon and the temporary disbanding instruction comprising a temporary disbanding timer that specifies a time window, wherein the target following vehicle receiving the first platoon disbanding message is configured to adjust a status thereof to a free status and drive away from the current vehicle platoon, and each of the remaining following vehicles receiving the second platoon disbanding message is configured to adjust a status thereof to a temporary disband status;

transmitting, from the leading vehicle, a re-team up invitation message to each of the remaining following vehicles according to the second platoon disbanding message;

receiving, at the leading vehicle, a re-team up confirmation message returned by each of the remaining following vehicles within the time window specified by the temporary disbanding timer in response to the re-team up invitation message; and

reorganizing each of the remaining following vehicles according to the re-team up confirmation message to form a new vehicle platoon including the leading vehicle and one or more of the remaining following vehicles that have sent the re-team up confirmation message to the leading vehicle, the new vehicle platoon not comprising the target following vehicle and remaining following vehicles that do not transmit the re-team up confirmation message to the leading vehicle.

9. The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein the second platoon disbanding message comprises a disband status field, and a value of the disband status field represents the temporary disbanding instruction; and

the first platoon disbanding message does not comprise the disband status field; or

the first platoon disbanding message comprises the disband status field, and the value of the disband status field represents a non-temporary disbanding instruction; or

the first platoon disbanding message comprises the disband status field, and the value of the disband status field represents the temporary disbanding instruction.

10. The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein the method further comprises:

receiving a leaving application message transmitted by the target following vehicle; and

transmitting the first platoon disbanding message to the target following vehicle and transmitting the second platoon disbanding message to each of the remaining following vehicles other than the target following vehicle comprises:

in response to the leaving application message, transmitting, from the leading vehicle, the first platoon disbanding message to the target following vehicle, and the second platoon disbanding message to each of the remaining following vehicles other than the target following vehicle.

11. The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein transmitting, from the leading vehicle, the first platoon disbanding message to the target following vehicle and transmitting the second platoon disbanding message to each of the remaining following vehicles other than the target following vehicle comprises:

when detecting abnormal behavior of the target following vehicle or in response to an adjustment instruction for adjusting the current vehicle platoon, transmitting, from the leading vehicle, the first platoon disbanding message to the target following vehicle and the second platoon disbanding message to each of the remaining following vehicles.

12. The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein after transmitting the second platoon disbanding message to each of the remaining following vehicles other than the target following vehicle, the method further comprises:

keeping platoon member information of each of the remaining following vehicles in the current vehicle platoon in the leading vehicle before the time window specified by the temporary disbanding timer is reached.

13. The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein the method further comprises:

putting, when the re-team up confirmation message returned by a target remaining following vehicle in the remaining following vehicles is not received within the time window specified by the temporary disbanding timer, a vehicle identifier of the target remaining following vehicle into a leaving list, and setting, through the leading vehicle, a status of the target remaining following vehicle to the free status.

14. The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein the reorganizing of each of the remaining following vehicles according to the re-team up confirmation message to form the new vehicle platoon comprises:

reorganizing platoon member information according to the re-team up confirmation message; and

transmitting, from the leading vehicle, the reorganized platoon member information to each of the remaining following vehicles to form the new vehicle platoon.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, storing one or more computer programs, the one or more programs, when executed by one or more processors of an electronic device in connection with a current vehicle platoon including a leading vehicle and following vehicles, the following vehicles comprising a target following vehicle about to drive away from the current vehicle platoon, the target following vehicle being a non-tail vehicle in the current vehicle platoon, causing the electronic device to implement a method for controlling vehicles to drive as a platoon, the method comprising:

transmitting, from the leading vehicle, a first platoon disbanding message to the target following vehicle and a second platoon disbanding message to each of the remaining following vehicles other than the target following vehicle, the second platoon disbanding message comprising a temporary disbanding instruction for instructing to temporarily disband the current vehicle platoon and the temporary disbanding instruction comprising a temporary disbanding timer that specifies a time window, wherein the target following vehicle receiving the first platoon disbanding message is configured to adjust a status thereof to a free status and drive away from the current vehicle platoon, and each of the remaining following vehicles receiving the second platoon disbanding message is configured to adjust a status thereof to a temporary disband status;

transmitting, from the leading vehicle, a re-team up invitation message to each of the remaining following vehicles according to the second platoon disbanding message;

receiving, at the leading vehicle, a re-team up confirmation message returned by each of the remaining following vehicles within the time window specified by the temporary disbanding timer in response to the re-team up invitation message; and

reorganizing each of the remaining following vehicles according to the re-team up confirmation message to form a new vehicle platoon including the leading vehicle and one or more of the remaining following vehicles that have sent the re-team up confirmation message to the leading vehicle, the new vehicle platoon not comprising the target following vehicle and remaining following vehicles that do not transmit the re-team up confirmation message to the leading vehicle.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 15 , wherein the second platoon disbanding message comprises a disband status field, and a value of the disband status field represents the temporary disbanding instruction; and

the first platoon disbanding message does not comprise the disband status field; or

the first platoon disbanding message comprises the disband status field, and the value of the disband status field represents a non-temporary disbanding instruction; or

the first platoon disbanding message comprises the disband status field, and the value of the disband status field represents the temporary disbanding instruction.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 15 , wherein the method further comprises:

receiving a leaving application message transmitted by the target following vehicle; and

transmitting the first platoon disbanding message to the target following vehicle and transmitting the second platoon disbanding message to each of the remaining following vehicles other than the target following vehicle comprises:

in response to the leaving application message, transmitting, from the leading vehicle, the first platoon disbanding message to the target following vehicle, and the second platoon disbanding message to each of the remaining following vehicles other than the target following vehicle.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 15 , wherein transmitting, from the leading vehicle, the first platoon disbanding message to the target following vehicle and transmitting the second platoon disbanding message to each of the remaining following vehicles other than the target following vehicle comprises:

when detecting abnormal behavior of the target following vehicle or in response to an adjustment instruction for adjusting the current vehicle platoon, transmitting, from the leading vehicle, the first platoon disbanding message to the target following vehicle and the second platoon disbanding message to each of the remaining following vehicles.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 15 , wherein after transmitting the second platoon disbanding message to each of the remaining following vehicles other than the target following vehicle, the method further comprises:

keeping platoon member information of each of the remaining following vehicles in the current vehicle platoon in the leading vehicle before the time window specified by the temporary disbanding timer is reached.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 15 , wherein the method further comprises:

putting, when the re-team up confirmation message returned by a target remaining following vehicle in the remaining following vehicles is not received within the time window specified by the temporary disbanding timer, a vehicle identifier of the target remaining following vehicle into a leaving list, and setting, through the leading vehicle, a status of the target remaining following vehicle to the free status.

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