TRAILER LENGTH ESTIMATION IN HITCH ANGLE APPLICATIONS

A vehicle system for estimating a trailer length is disclosed and includes a first sensor for measuring a wheel steer angle and a second sensor for measuring a hitch angle. A processor is in communication with the first and second sensors and is operable to determine a wheel steer angle change and a...

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Hauptverfasser:	KYRTSOS CHRISTOS, LAVOIE ERICK MICHAEL
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE ORDIFFERENT FUNCTION CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS MEASURING MEASURING ANGLES MEASURING AREAS MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEARDIMENSIONS MOTOR VEHICLES PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICS ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TOTHE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT TESTING TRAILERS TRANSPORTING VEHICLE CONNECTIONS VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Zusammenfassung:	A vehicle system for estimating a trailer length is disclosed and includes a first sensor for measuring a wheel steer angle and a second sensor for measuring a hitch angle. A processor is in communication with the first and second sensors and is operable to determine a wheel steer angle change and a hitch angle change. The processor performs a first computation if the wheel steer angle change and the hitch angle change satisfy a threshold requirement and performs a second computation if at least one of the wheel steer angle change and the hitch angle change does not satisfy the threshold requirement.