Patent ID: 11875685
Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 3:
4. The platooning system according to claim 3, wherein
the circuitry of the lead vehicle includes a position information acquisition unit configured to acquire position information indicating a position of the lead vehicle, the circuitry of the subsequent vehicle includes a position information acquisition unit configured to acquire position information indicating a position of the subsequent vehicle,
in the lead vehicle,
the sender is configured to send, to the subsequent vehicle, the position information that indicates the position of the lead vehicle and has been acquired by the position information acquisition unit, and

in the subsequent vehicle,
the self-driving controller is configured to set, as a target position, the position of the lead vehicle that is based on the position information received by the receiver and control the steering angle such that the subsequent vehicle travels toward the target position.