Patents by Inventor Congli Zhang

Congli Zhang has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230415745
    Abstract: A control method of mixed traffic flow on freeway ramp based on controllable connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) is provided. A ramp is divided into a normal driving section, a vehicle platoon formation section and an accelerating and merging section. A vehicle platoon is formed by a leading CAV and human-driven vehicles (HDVs). Time interval [tmin, tmax] for the vehicle platoon to completely reach the merging point S is calculated. CAVs on the main lane and ramp are cooperatively controlled, and a merging gap is reserved for the ramp vehicle platoon. The vehicle platoon is allowed to accelerate and merge into the main lane. By means of the Internet-of-Vehicle (IoV) technology, the traffic situation on the main lane and downstream merging zone can be obtained in advance, and speeds of the CAVs are cooperatively controlled to lead the ramp vehicles to safely merge into the main lane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Xiangmo ZHAO, Ze LI, Xia WU, Siyuan GONG, Haigen MIN, Yihan SUN, Kang SUN, Wuqi WANG, Guohui ZHENG, Wenjing WANG, Yukun DING, Congli ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20230182741
    Abstract: A smooth cooperative lane change control method for multi-connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs), including: acquiring vehicle information of a lane-changing vehicle M and four surrounding vehicles A, B, C and D; constructing uncontrolled-vehicle and controlled-vehicle motion state prediction models; according to the motion state prediction models, predicting motion states of the lane-changing vehicle M, and the vehicles A, B, C and D; constructing an upper-layer optimization model to calculate an optimal control value and an optimized motion state of the lane-changing vehicle M and an optimal control value of the vehicle A; constructing a lower-layer optimization model to calculate an optimal control value of the vehicle D; and controlling the lane-changing vehicle M, the vehicle A and the vehicle D to run according to a corresponding optimal control value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Siyuan GONG, Kang Sun, Xiangmo Zhao, Xia Wu, Licheng Zhang, Wenjing Wang, Yukun Ding, Congli Zhang, Yihan Sun, Hongda Chang, Ze Li, Lu Zeng, Xinxin Wang, Jiakai Yin, Yuqian Ma, Guohui Zheng