Vehicular platoon subscription and management system
A vehicle platoon system may include a database configured to maintain a user profile and data descriptive of existing platoons, and a processor configured to receive a platoon request indicating desire to join a platoon, receive, in response to the request, the user profile defining at least one compliance threshold indicative of a minimum compliance score of other platoon participants, determine whether all members of at least one of the existing platoons have a compliance score exceeding the compliance threshold, and instruct an indication of the platoon to be presented for selection.
1. A vehicle platoon system, comprising:
a database configured to maintain a user profile and data descriptive of existing platoons, wherein the user profile includes a driver compliance score indicative of historical compliance with platoon rules;
a processor configured to
receive a platoon request indicating desire to join a platoon;
receive, in response to the request, the user profile defining at least one compliance threshold indicative of a minimum compliance score of other platoon participants;
determine whether all members of at least one of the existing platoons have a compliance score exceeding the compliance threshold; and
instruct an indication of the platoon to be presented for selection.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the database defines a platoon compliance threshold defining a minimum driver compliance score, and the processor is configured to determine whether a driver compliance score of the driver defined by the user profile is above the minimum driver compliance score.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the driver compliance score decreases in response to a violation of a platoon rule.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the user profile includes a driver compliance score indicative of the driver's historical commitment to platoons.
5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the database defines a platoon commitment threshold indicating a minimum driver commitment score necessary to join the existing platoon, and the processor is configured to determine whether a driver compliance score of the driver defined by the user profile exceeds the minimum driver compliance score.
6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the driver commitment score decreases in response to the driver dropping out of a platoon.
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the user profile defines at least one vehicle attribute defining at least one vehicle required to join the at least one of the existing platoons.
8. A vehicle platoon system, comprising:
a database configured to maintain a user profile defining required platoon attributes and existing platoons, wherein the user profile includes a driver compliance score indicative of historical compliance with platoon rules and wherein the driver compliance score decreases in response to a violation of a platoon rule;
a processor configured to
match at least one of the existing platoons based on a platoon request;
determine which of the matched existing platoons meet the required platoon attributes defined by the user profile; and
instruct the filtered platoons to be presented for user selection.
9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the required platoon attributes include at least one minimum compliance score of other platoon participants.
10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the required platoon attributes include a minimum driver commitment score of other platoon participants.
11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the required platoon attributes include a maximum number of platoon hops.
12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the required platoon attributes include a maximum number of platoon participants.
13. The system of claim 8 , wherein the required platoon attributes include a preferred platoon position.
14. A vehicle platoon system, comprising:
a database configured to maintain a user profile of a user defining required platoon attributes and existing platoons and including a driver compliance score indicative of the driver's historical commitment to platoons, wherein the database defines a platoon commitment threshold for the existing platoons indicating a minimum driver commitment score necessary to join the existing platoons;
a processor configured to
receive a platoon request indicating a desire of the user to join a platoon;
determine whether one of the existing platoons matches the platoon request based on at least start and end locations defined by the request;
filter the matched existing platoons based on the required platoon attributes defined by the user profile;
determine whether the driver compliance score exceeds the minimum driver compliance score of the matched existing platoons; and
instruct the filtered platoons to be presented for user selection.
15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the required platoon attributes include at least one minimum compliance score of other platoon participants.
16. The system of claim 14 , wherein the required platoon attributes include a minimum driver commitment score of other platoon participants.
17. The system of claim 14 , wherein the required platoon attributes include a maximum number of platoon hops.
18. The system of claim 14 , wherein the required platoon attributes include a maximum number of platoon participants.