Patent ID: 11919516
Assignee: PELOTON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A method for commanding a rear vehicle, comprising:
establishing a wireless link between a front vehicle and the rear vehicle;
initiating a platoon between the front vehicle and the rear vehicle via the wireless link;
transmitting, from a platooning system to a cruise control system, data indicating a first desired amount of torque;
receiving, at the cruise control system, the data indicating the first desired amount of torque;
transmitting, from the cruise control system to an engine electronic control unit (EECU) in the rear vehicle, data indicating a second desired amount of torque, wherein the data indicating the second desired amount of torque is based at least in part on the data indicating the first desired amount of torque;
causing the EECU in the rear vehicle to control an amount of torque produced by an engine in the rear vehicle, wherein the amount of torque produced by the engine in the rear vehicle is based on the second desired amount of torque; and
dissolving the platoon between the front vehicle and the rear vehicle in response to a platooning electronic control unit determining, at least in part by signals generated at a forward looking radar, that (1) a brake electronic control unit in the rear vehicle, and (2) the cruise control system are not operating correctly, wherein a vehicle electronic control unit also monitors whether the platooning system is operating correctly.