Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle convoy control system and method
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Application No.: US16101072Application Date: 2018-08-10
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Publication No.: US10916146B2Publication Date: 2021-02-09
- Inventor: Gayathri Seenumani , Hullas Sehgal , James D. Brooks , Harry Kirk Mathews, Jr. , Olugbenga Anubi
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: The Small Patent Law Group LLC
- Agent Christopher R. Carroll
- Main IPC: G08G1/00
- IPC: G08G1/00 ; B61L27/04 ; B61L15/00 ; B61C17/12

Abstract:
A convoy management system and method determine determining an inter-vehicle spacing in a convoy formed from two or more vehicles traveling together along one or more routes. Controllers onboard the two or more vehicles are instructed to automatically change movement of at least one of the vehicles in the convoy to maintain the inter-vehicle spacing. The inter vehicle spacing is dynamically changed during movement of the convoy along the one or more routes.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180366005A1 VEHICLE CONVOY CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2018-12-20
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