TY - GEN
T1 - Soft link control of four electric light vehicles in single-line and two-by-two formations
AU - Omae, Manabu
AU - Ogitsu, Takeki
AU - Shimizu, Hiroshi
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - This study developed a soft-link control system for electric light vehicles. The meaning of the soft-link control is that a vehicle automatically follows the preceding vehicle or the side vehicle with a very short inter-vehicle distance as if vehicles were mechanically connected. The soft-link control is expected to stretch the limitation of the light vehicles, because small capacity of the light vehicle is timely enlarged, resulting in giving a potential to apply them to more various purposes. In this study, the experimental vehicles are developed based on small electric vehicles and control algorithms arc designed. Precise inter-vehicle control is realized by sharing the sensor information and control information among constituent vehicles in a platoon and using the information in the controller. The experimental results show that the platooning of four vehicles in 2-by-2 and single-line formations with inter-vehicle distance of 30~50cm are realized by the proposed soft-link control.
AB - This study developed a soft-link control system for electric light vehicles. The meaning of the soft-link control is that a vehicle automatically follows the preceding vehicle or the side vehicle with a very short inter-vehicle distance as if vehicles were mechanically connected. The soft-link control is expected to stretch the limitation of the light vehicles, because small capacity of the light vehicle is timely enlarged, resulting in giving a potential to apply them to more various purposes. In this study, the experimental vehicles are developed based on small electric vehicles and control algorithms arc designed. Precise inter-vehicle control is realized by sharing the sensor information and control information among constituent vehicles in a platoon and using the information in the controller. The experimental results show that the platooning of four vehicles in 2-by-2 and single-line formations with inter-vehicle distance of 30~50cm are realized by the proposed soft-link control.
KW - Advanced vehicle control and safety systems (AVCSS)
KW - Electric light vehicle
KW - Intelligent transport systems (ITS)
KW - Intelligent vehicle
KW - Passenger cars
KW - Platooning
KW - Soft-link control
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84872023932
SN - 9781605607931
T3 - Electric Drive Transportation Association - 23rd Int. Electric Vehicle Symposium and Exposition 2007, EVS 2007 (Battery, Hybrid, Fuel Cell) Conf. Proc. - Sustainability: The Future of Transportation
SP - 345
EP - 357
BT - Electric Drive Transportation Association - 23rd Int. Electric Vehicle Symposium and Exposition 2007, EVS 2007 (Battery, Hybrid, Fuel Cell) Conf. Proc. - Sustainability
T2 - 23rd International Battery, Hybrid and Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Symposium and Exposition 2007 - Sustainability: The Future of Transportation, EVS 2007
Y2 - 2 December 2007 through 5 December 2007
ER -