Patent ID: 6313758
Filing Date: 2001-11-06
Classification: G05D,G08G

Abstract:
A processional travel control apparatus that allows processional travel with a leading vehicle driven by a driver and at least one succeeding vehicle automatically following the leading vehicle, wherein each of the vehicles comprises:a communicator for communicating with other vehicles;a condition detector for detecting the condition of an object vehicle;an abnormality determining device for determining the occurrence of an abnormality in the object vehicle, based on condition information detected by the condition detector;an abnormality signal transmitter for transmitting an abnormality signal, indicating the occurrence of an abnormality in the object vehicle, via the communicator; andan abnormality stop device for stopping the processional travel of at least a part of the vehicles, which includes the vehicle which has transmitted the abnormality signal, when the abnormality signal has been transmitted by one of the vehicles.