Platoon controller state machine

L Laubinger, SM Erlien, JP Switkes - US Patent 10,254,764, 2019 - Google Patents
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Systems and methods for managing tractor-trailers

JP Switkes, SM Laws, L Laubinger - US Patent 11,427,196, 2022 - Google Patents
Systems and methods for causing a vehicle to avoid an adverse action are described. In one
aspect, a sensor on first vehicle may determine the existence and location of lane markers or …

Sensor fusion for autonomous or partially autonomous vehicle control

AB Schuh, SM Erlien, JP Switkes - US Patent 10,520,581, 2019 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A variety of methods, controllers and algorithms are described for fusing
sensor data obtained from different vehicles for use in the at least partial automatic control of …

Distributed safety monitors for automated vehicles

TC Klaus, CK Twitty, SM Erlien, JC Kegelman… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
Controllers, control architectures, systems and methods are described for controlling a host
vehicle's participation in a platoon. In some embodiments, a vehicle control system includes …

System and method for shared autonomy through cooperative sensing

P Kelkar, X Bai, S Rajab, H Tafish - US Patent 11,181,929, 2021 - Google Patents
Systems and methods for shared autonomy through coop erative sensing are described.
According to one embodi ment, a cooperative sensing system includes a rendezvous …

Applications for using mass estimations for vehicles

JP Switkes, SM Erlien, AB Schuh - US Patent 10,216,195, 2019 - Google Patents
Various applications for use of mass estimations of a vehicle, including to control operation
of the vehicle, sharing the mass estimation with other vehicles and/or a Network Operations …

System and method for implementing pre-cognition braking and/or avoiding or mitigation risks among platooning vehicles

JP Switkes, SM Erlien, L Laubinger - US Patent 10,474,166, 2019 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A system and method for mitigating or avoiding risks due to hazards
encountered by platooning vehicles. The system and method involve interrogating, with one …

Determining and using braking capabilities of vehicles for platooning deceleration operations

MK Lesher, TS Miller, JM Macnamara - US Patent 10,921,821, 2021 - Google Patents
Platoon management control systems and methods arrange two or more vehicles
cooperatively travelling seriatim as a platoon along an associated roadway into a platoon …

Devices, systems, and methods for transmitting vehicle data

MS Luckevich, SM Laws, JP Switkes, TW Laing… - US Patent …, 2022 - Google Patents
Systems and methods for coordinating and controlling vehicles, for example heavy trucks, to
follow closely behind each other, or linking to form a platoon. In one aspect, on-board …

Dynamic gap control for automated driving

JB Kuszmaul, AB Schuh, SM Erlien… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
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