A SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR THE CORRECTION OF MAP DATA AND POSITIONAL DATA FOR VEHICLE PLATOONS

摘要

A system and a method for a vehicle platoon that comprises at least one lead vehicle and one additional vehicle, each of which has a positioning unit and a unit for wireless communication. The system comprises a profile unit configured to determine a profile for at least one vehicle in the vehicle platoon with the aid of positional data and map data for a road ahead, which profile contains at least one property of the road ahead. The system comprises also an analysis unit that is configured to determine at least one actual property of the road ahead, to determine correctional data &bgr; based on the at least one actual property of the road ahead and the at least one property of the profile whereby the actual property and the at least one property of the profile concern essentially the same property and to pass the correctional data &bgr; to at least one vehicle fk in the vehicle platoon.