Patent ID: 11935407
Assignee: SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 2:
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the target position comprises joining by following from a tail of the formation, joining from a middle of the formation, and joining from a head of the formation as a lead vehicle:
in a case of joining by following from the tail of the formation, the driver receives information from the GIS app, and then approaches the formation; when the vehicle and the formation are not in a same lane, the vehicle is adjusted to the same lane and identifies a license plate number of a vehicle at the end of the formation, and joins the formation with an intra-formation safe following distance; the GIS server and the GIS apps of the other vehicles in the formation update the formation information;
in a case of joining from the middle of the formation, the GIS app transmits information to a target following vehicle in the formation and the driver at the same time; and the driver drives in an adjacent lane to be parallel to the target following vehicle; and the target following vehicle adjusts speed to increase a distance from a vehicle ahead, and at the same time, turns on emergency flashers and sends a message indicating to vehicles behind the vehicle in the formation to adjust simultaneously; when the distance is adjusted to be a safe cut-in distance, the driver joins the formation by lane change, while the vehicles behind follow with a safe distance; the GIS server and the GIS apps of the other vehicles in the formation update the formation information;
in a case of joining from the head of the formation as the lead vehicle, after the driver receives information from the GIS app, the driver drives the vehicle to be ahead of the formation by acceleration and lane change operations, then keeps the vehicle at a constant speed; then an original lead vehicle in the formation identifies a license plate number of the driver and accelerates to approach and follows in a safe distance; the GIS server and the GIS apps of the other vehicles in the formation update the formation information.