Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Convoy travel apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 康乐旅行器具
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Application No.: US13614005Application Date: 2012-09-13
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Publication No.: US08718908B2Publication Date: 2014-05-06
- Inventor: Seigou Kumabe
- Applicant: Seigou Kumabe
- Applicant Address: JP Kariya
- Assignee: Denso Corporation
- Current Assignee: Denso Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kariya
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, PLC
- Priority: JP2011-211069 20110927
- Main IPC: G06F19/00
- IPC: G06F19/00

Abstract:
A convoy travel apparatus enables a convoy travel of a subject vehicle by regularly transmitting convoy travel information including the latest measurement of GPS positioning coordinates and predetermined number of preceding measurements of GPS positioning coordinates. By receiving the convoy travel information from other vehicles, the convoy travel apparatus of the subject vehicle identifies a sender vehicle of a current convoy travel information based on a comparison between a travel locus generated from the current convoy travel information and a past travel locus generated from a convoy travel information previously received. The identification of the sender vehicle leads to the identification of the information from a leader vehicle to be followed in the convoy travel control of the subject vehicle, thereby enabling a convoy travel of the subject vehicle based on the identified information.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130080040A1 CONVOY TRAVEL APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2013-03-28
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