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

Claim 12:
13. 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 a first amount of packets per an amount of time over the wireless link at a first location, cause a first action to occur including:
(1) causing the first vehicle and the second vehicle to start the draw-in portion of the platooning engagement;
(2) continuing a steady state portion of the platooning engagement;
(3) causing the first vehicle and the second vehicle to not start the draw-in portion of the platooning engagement; or
(4) starting a dissolve portion of the platooning engagement; and

in response to receiving a second amount of packets per an amount of time over the wireless link at a second location, cause a second action to occur including:
(1) causing the first vehicle and the second vehicle to start the draw-in portion of the platooning engagement;
(2) continuing a steady state portion of the platooning engagement;
(3) causing the first vehicle and the second vehicle to not start the draw-in period of the platooning engagement; or
(4) starting the dissolve portion of the platooning engagement.