Platooning control apparatus and method
A platooning control apparatus may include: a navigation unit configured to guide an ego vehicle to a destination set by a driver; a driving module configured to drive the ego vehicle; and a control unit configured to primarily select platooning groups based on the destination set in the navigation unit, analyze platooning information of the primarily selected platooning groups, finally decide any one of the primarily selected platooning groups, and then control the driving module to join the finally decided platooning group.
1 . A method for controlling a potential following vehicle in a platooning group, the method comprising:
generating a platooning group including a leading vehicle and at least one following vehicle, wherein the leading vehicle is a first vehicle in the platooning group, and the at least one following vehicle is one or more vehicle operating in the platooning group behind the leading vehicle and connected using a V2V (vehicle-to-vehicle) communication;
transmitting, in the potential following vehicle, a join request to the leading vehicle included in the platooning group after generating the platooning group, prior to transmitting the join request;
transmitting, in the leading vehicle included in the platooning group, vehicle information about the leading vehicle to the potential following vehicle, wherein the potential following vehicle joins as a new last following vehicle in the platooning group regardless of when the join request is transmitted;
generating a new platooning group including the leading vehicle, the at least one following vehicle and the potential following vehicle, wherein the potential following vehicle is a last following vehicle in the new platooning group based on platoon management information including information related to the vehicle in the platooning group and information related to a distance for the platooning group; and
beginning a cruising operation after a join process is completed, wherein the join process fails based on a planned route of the leading vehicle,
wherein the vehicle information of the leader vehicle includes sensor model or camera model.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle information further comprises vehicle type information of the leading vehicle.
3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the vehicle information further comprises information about main mounted functions.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the cruising operation includes a SCC (Smart cruise control), a LKA (Lane Keeping Assistance) or an ACC (Adaptive cruise control).
5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the potential following vehicle drives manually or automatically.
6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the leading vehicle and the at least one following vehicle are controlled in a platoon based on data obtained from at least one sensor.
7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the at least one sensor comprises a radar, a lidar or a camera.
8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the vehicle platooning system comprises a server for performing a route management, a charge process or a payment process.