MANAGING SYNCHRONIZED MOVEMENT OF A SET OF VEHICLES

• Main Authors: Hlavatý David, Hlavatý Ariana I, Hadfield Matthew J
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 01.03.2018
• Subjects: CONTROLLING; PHYSICS; REGULATING; SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES

Method and system for managing synchronized movement of a set of vehicles. Based on a set of parameters and goals for a vehicle having an agent component, negotiating with one or more other vehicles to form a coalition of vehicles with a set of common parameter values and common goals. The method may: synchronize with the other vehicles in the coalition to result in a positioning of the vehicle in relation to the other vehicles and to synchronize time; combine the agent component of the vehicle with one or more agent components of the other vehicles in the coalition to form a distributed agent system; control the coalition of vehicles with common commands from the distributed agent system in response to feedback from sensors in each of the vehicles; and enable an override of the coalition by the vehicle agent component in response to a breach of safety parameters.