Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Driving vehicles in convoy
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Application No.: US14664427Application Date: 2015-03-20
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Publication No.: US09786182B2Publication Date: 2017-10-10
- Inventor: Thibaud Calmettes , Michel Monnerat , Damien Serant
- Applicant: THALES
- Applicant Address: FR Courbevoie
- Assignee: THALES
- Current Assignee: THALES
- Current Assignee Address: FR Courbevoie
- Agency: Baker & Hostetler LLP
- Priority: FR1400684 20140321
- Main IPC: G01C21/26
- IPC: G01C21/26 ; G06F19/00 ; G08G1/00 ; G05D1/02 ; G01S19/03 ; B60W50/04

Abstract:
A method is implemented by computer for the management of a convoy comprising at least two vehicles, each of the at least two vehicles comprising satellite positioning means and vehicle-to-vehicle communication means, the method comprising the determination of the relative positioning of the vehicles, the determination comprising the measurement of the propagation time of a signal between vehicles by the communication means, the clocks associated with the communication means being synchronized via satellite positioning means at a reference clock time. Developments comprise the communication between the vehicles of various data (e.g. measurement uncertainties, signal-to-noise ratios, residual values), the determination of absolute locations, the use of an SBAS-type system, the use of differential GPS, the use of Doppler measurements for the turns or even the exclusion of a failing satellite. A computer program product and associated systems are described.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150269845A1 DRIVING VEHICLES IN CONVOY Public/Granted day:2015-09-24
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