Trailer load monitoring
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorVern Trageser
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Abstract
Methods and systems for monitoring a load in a trailer coupled to a vehicle. One method includes determining, with an electronic processor, an initial weight on a rear axle of the vehicle when the load is engaged with the trailer coupled to the vehicle. The method also includes monitoring, with the electronic processor, a current weight on the rear axle of the vehicle based on data collected by a sensor. The method also includes comparing, with the electronic processor, the initial weight and the current weight. The method also includes automatically generating, with the electronic processor, a notification when the current weight is different than the initial weight by a predetermined threshold.
Claims20
A system for monitoring a load in a trailer coupled to a vehicle, the system comprising:
- a sensor;
- and
- an electronic processor configured to
- determine an initial weight on a rear axle of the vehicle when the load is engaged with the trailer coupled to the vehicle,
- monitor a current weight on the rear axle of the vehicle based on data collected by the sensor,
- compare the initial weight on the rear axle of the vehicle and the current weight on the rear axle of the vehicle,
- automatically generate a notification when the current weight on the rear axle of the vehicle is different than the initial weight on the rear axle of the vehicle by a predetermined threshold, and
- display the notification on a user interface included in the vehicle.
A method for monitoring a load in a trailer coupled to a vehicle, the method comprising:
- determining, with an electronic processor, an initial weight on a rear axle of the vehicle when a load is engaged with the trailer coupled to the vehicle;
- monitoring, with the electronic processor, a current weight on the rear axle of the vehicle based on data collected by a sensor;
- comparing, with the electronic processor, the initial weight on the rear axle of the vehicle and the current weight on the rear axle of the vehicle;
- automatically generating, with the electronic processor, a notification when the current weight on the rear axle of the vehicle is different than the initial weight on the rear axle of the vehicle by a predetermined threshold;
- and
- displaying the notification on a user interface included in the vehicle.
Non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions that, when executed by an electronic processor, cause the electronic processor to perform a set of functions, the set of functions comprising:
- determining an initial weight on a rear axle of a vehicle when a load is engaged with a trailer coupled to the vehicle;
- monitoring a current weight on the rear axle of the vehicle based on data collected by a sensor;
- comparing the initial weight on the rear axle of the vehicle and the current weight on the rear axle of the vehicle;
- automatically generating a notification when the current weight on the rear axle of the vehicle is different than the initial weight on the rear axle of the vehicle by a predetermined threshold;
- and
- displaying the notification on a user interface included in the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.