DISTANCE-REGULATING SYSTEM FOR AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLES

• Main Authors: MARX, DIETERPHYS, STELTER, NORBERT
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; German
• Published: 02.11.1988
• Edition: 4
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS INVEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OFTRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GASEXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS, IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE ORDIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; CONTROLLING; ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC; GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; RAILWAYS; REGULATING; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TOTHE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT; SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR

To regulate the distance between a plurality of motor vehicles travelling in a convoy their drive or deceleration output is controlled so that the change in the speed dvi/dt of any motor vehicle over a period of time is plotted to a reference acceleration dvs/dt with minimum difference or default dynamic. For this purpose the required reference acceleration is prepared inside one vehicle in the vehicle convoy and relayed by wireless to the other vehicles. The reference acceleration can be set by a vehicle driver of the vehicle leading the convoy, an autopilot or a traffic control system or be determined from operating and/or drive parameters of the motor vehicles.