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

Claim 16:
17. A method for transmitting data between a platooning system in a rear vehicle and a cruise control system in the rear vehicle, comprising:
establishing a link between a front vehicle and the rear vehicle;
causing the front vehicle and the rear vehicle to platoon via data transmitted over the link, wherein the data transmitted over the link from the front vehicle to the rear vehicle includes torque information and brake information;
receiving the torque information and the brake information at the platooning system in the rear vehicle;
transmitting information based on the torque information from the platooning system to the cruise control system; 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.