Patent ID: 11875686
Assignee: PELOTON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A system for managing platoonable vehicles comprising:
a computer processor; and
a platoon control module executing on the computer processor and configured to enable the computer processor to:
establish a wireless link between a first vehicle and a second vehicle;
attempt to start a draw-in portion of a platooning engagement between the first vehicle and the second vehicle;
in response to receiving at least a threshold amount of packets per a period of time over the wireless link:
(1) cause the first vehicle and the second vehicle to start the draw-in portion of the platooning engagement; or
(2) continue a steady state portion of the platooning engagement; and

in response to receiving less than the threshold amount of packets per a period of time over the wireless link:
(1) cause the first vehicle and the second vehicle to not start the draw-in portion of the platooning engagement; or
(2) start the dissolve portion of the platooning engagement.