Patent ID: 8947531
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: G01S,G05D,H04N

Abstract:
1. A convoy of vehicles comprising: a leader vehicle in communication with a plurality of autonomous follower vehicles, the leader vehicle configured to receive a first autonomous follower vehicle data from a first autonomous follower vehicle, the leader vehicle configured to compare the first autonomous follower vehicle data to at least one of a leader vehicle data, a second autonomous follower vehicle data from a second autonomous follower vehicle, and a threshold value; wherein the first autonomous follower vehicle data, the leader vehicle data, the second autonomous follower vehicle data and the threshold value relate to a vehicle performance characteristic, wherein the leader vehicle is configured to transmit a first command to the first autonomous follower vehicle, wherein the first autonomous follower vehicle is configured to transmit a second command to the second autonomous follower vehicle, and wherein the first autonomous follower vehicle is configured to transmit the first autonomous follower vehicle data to the leader vehicle, and wherein the first autonomous follower vehicle and the second autonomous follower vehicle are configured to receive the first command from the leader vehicle and the second command from the first autonomous follower vehicle, respectively, compare the first command and the second command, respectively, to a predetermined tolerance range, follow the first command and the second command, respectively, if the first command and the second command, respectively, are within the predetermined tolerance range, and disregard the first command and the second command, respectively, if the first command and the second command, respectively, are not within the predetermined tolerance range, the predetermined tolerance range including at least one of a cargo load capacity, a speed, a turning radius, a number of revolutions per minute, a temperature maximum value, and a temperature minimum value.