Method and system for automatically controlling a following vehicle with a scout vehicle

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PATENT NO 9874877
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15377579

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A method and system for automatically controlling at least one following vehicle where a scout trajectory is produced for a scout vehicle and the scout vehicle is guided along an actual trajectory, the actual trajectory of the scout vehicle and scout environmental data is captured by scout sensors. A desired trajectory is produced for the following vehicle and following vehicle environmental data are captured by following vehicle sensors. A scout trajectory similarity is determined based on the scout trajectory produced and the captured actual trajectory, reference trajectory data are produced and reference environmental data are produced based on the scout environmental data. The reference trajectory data and the reference environmental data are transmitted to the following vehicle and a trajectory similarity is determined by a trajectory comparison based on the desired trajectory produced and the transmitted reference trajectory data.

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  • VOLKSWAGEN AG

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bartels, Arne Wolfsburg, DE 17 221
Darms, Michael Lehre, DE 7 129
Junge, Lutz Braunschweig, DE 20 156
Meinecke, Marc-Michael Sassenburg, DE 23 157

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