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Granted Patent B2
US 12,005,898 · App. 17/640,888 · Granted Jun 11, 2024

Mobile object platoon control system that calculates longitudinal acceleration of the mobile objects by setting a gain of an arithmetic expression

Inventors: Go Sakayori (Tokyo, JP); Junya Takahashi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
B60W30/16B60W2520/06B60W2540/225B60W2554/4041B60W2720/106G08G1/22
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Patent No.
US 12,005,898
App. No.
17/640,888
Granted
Jun 11, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a mobile body control system capable of improving both the comfort of passengers in each mobile body and the efficiency of cargo transport when a plurality of mobile bodies travel in a formation. A mobile body control system ( 1 ) causes a plurality of mobile bodies ( 21 ) to travel in a formation along a preset travel route, and comprises a preceding/succeeding acceleration calculation unit (S 49 ) that calculates a preceding/succeeding acceleration of a preceding mobile body ( 21 _ n ) and a succeeding mobile body ( 21 _ n +1) on the travel route. The preceding/succeeding acceleration calculation unit adjusts a gain E of an arithmetic expression used to calculate the preceding/succeeding acceleration on the basis of information about a transported object being transported by each mobile body ( 21 ).

Claims (30)

1. A mobile object control system that makes a plurality of mobile objects travel in a platoon along a travel path which is preliminarily set, comprising:

a computer, programmed to:

compute a longitudinal acceleration in a travel path of a preceding mobile object and a following mobile object, and

adjust a gain of an arithmetic expression for computing the longitudinal acceleration,

wherein the platoon includes the preceding mobile object and the following mobile object that follows the preceding mobile object along the travel path,

wherein the gain of the following mobile object is adjusted based on a size of the preceding mobile object relative to a size of the following mobile object, a difference between accelerations of the preceding mobile object and the following mobile object, and based on a line of sight of an occupant of either the following mobile object or the preceding mobile object, and

wherein a control of decelerating the following mobile object is performed, based on the adjusted gain, before a time when an absolute value of lateral acceleration of the preceding mobile object or a curvature of the travel path of the preceding mobile object starts increasing.

2. The mobile object control system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the computer is programmed to:

when the line of sight of the occupant of the following mobile object is forward toward the preceding mobile object, adjust the gain by setting the gain of the following mobile object in a section in which curvature of a travel path of the following mobile object increases, to be larger than that in a case where the line of sight of the occupant is not forward towards the preceding mobile object.

3. The mobile object control system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the computer is programmed to:

when the line of sight of the occupant of the following mobile object is forward toward the preceding mobile object, adjust the gain by setting the gain of the following mobile object in a section in which curvature of a travel path of the following mobile object decreases, to be smaller than that in a case where the line of sight of the occupant is not forward towards the preceding mobile object.

4. The mobile object control system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the computer is programmed to:

when the line of sight of the occupant of the preceding mobile object is rearward toward the following mobile object, adjust the gain by setting the gain of the preceding mobile object in a section in which curvature of a travel path of the preceding mobile object increases, to be larger than that in a case where the line of sight of the occupant is not rearward toward the following mobile object.

5. The mobile object control system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the computer is configured to:

when the line of sight of the occupant of the preceding mobile object is rearward toward the following mobile object, adjust the gain by setting the gain of the preceding mobile object in a section in which curvature of a travel path of the preceding mobile object decreases, to be smaller than that in a case where the line of sight of the occupant is not rearward toward the following mobile object.

6. The mobile object control system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the computer is programmed to:

when the line of sight of the occupant of the following mobile object is forward toward the preceding mobile object, compute the longitudinal acceleration of the following mobile object so that the difference from the longitudinal acceleration of the preceding mobile object becomes smaller in a section in which curvature of a travel path of the following mobile object increases, as compared with a case where the line of sight of the occupant is not forward toward the preceding mobile object.

7. The mobile object control system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the computer is programmed to:

when the line of sight of the occupant of the following mobile object is forward toward the preceding mobile object, compute the longitudinal acceleration of the preceding mobile object so that the difference from the longitudinal acceleration of the following mobile object becomes smaller in a section in which curvature of a travel path of the preceding mobile object decreases, as compared with a case where the line of sight of the occupant is not forward toward the preceding mobile object.

8. The mobile object control system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the computer is programmed to adjust a deceleration time of the following mobile object based on the line of sight of the occupant of the following mobile object.

9. The mobile object control system according to claim 8 ,

wherein the computer is programmed to:

when the line of sight of the occupant of the following mobile object is forward toward the preceding mobile object, set the deceleration time of the following mobile object to be longer than the deceleration time in a case where the line of sight of the occupant is not forward towards the preceding mobile object.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2022
From: SAKAYORI, GO; TAKAHASHI, JUNYA
To: HITACHI, LTD.
Reel/Frame 059182/0360 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-062509 · Mar 31, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220332318A1 · Oct 20, 2022
Cited By (1)
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