METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SWITCHING DRIVING MODES TO SUPPORT SUBJECT VEHICLE TO PERFORM PLATOON DRIVING WITHOUT ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FROM DRIVER DURING DRIVING

• Main Authors: Sung, Myungchul, Shin, Dongsoo, Lee, Hyungsoo, Ryu, Wooju, Nam, Woonhyun, Boo, SukHoon, Kim, Yongjoong, Cho, Hojin, Kim, Hak-Kyoung, Kim, Kye-Hyeon, Yeo, Donghun, Jeong, Kyungjoong, Jang, Taewoong, Lee, Myeong-Chun, Je, Hongmo
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 05.08.2020
• Subjects: CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE ORDIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; CONTROLLING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; REGULATING; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TOTHE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT; SIGNALLING; SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES; TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

A method for switching driving modes of a subject vehicle to support the subject vehicle to perform a platoon driving by using platoon driving information is provided. And the method includes steps of: (a) a basement server, which interworks with the subject vehicle driving in a first mode, acquiring first platoon driving information, to N-th platoon driving information by referring to a real-time platoon driving information DB; (b) the basement server (i) calculating a first platoon driving suitability score to an N-th platoon driving suitability score by referring to first platoon driving parameters to N-th platoon driving parameters and (ii) selecting a target platoon driving group to be including the subject vehicle; (c) the basement server instructing the subject vehicle to drive in a second mode.