Remote trailer maneuver-assist
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsHamid M. Golgiri, Erick Michael Lavoie
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Abstract
A method includes detecting a continuous rotary input on a touchscreen of a portable device in communication with a vehicle, determining a steering angle and a steering direction based on a radius and a rotational direction of the continuous rotary input, and actuating a steering component of the vehicle based on the steering angle and the steering direction.
Claims19
A method, comprising:
- detecting a continuous rotary input on a touchscreen of a portable device in communication with a vehicle;
- determining a steering angle and a steering direction based on a radius and a rotational direction of the continuous rotary input;
- actuating a steering component of the vehicle based on the steering angle and the steering direction;
- and
- actuating a propulsion component of the vehicle based on detecting a speed of the continuous rotary input above a threshold.
A system, comprising a computer including a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:
- detect a continuous rotary input on a touchscreen of a portable device in communication with a vehicle;
- determine a steering angle and a steering direction based on a radius and a rotational direction of the continuous rotary input;
- actuate a steering component of the vehicle based on the steering angle and the steering direction;
- and
- actuate a propulsion component of the vehicle based on detecting a speed of the continuous rotary input above a threshold.
A system, comprising a computer including a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:
- detect a continuous rotary input on a touchscreen of a portable device in communication with a vehicle;
- determine a steering angle and a steering direction based on a radius and a rotational direction of the continuous rotary input;
- actuate a steering component of the vehicle based on the steering angle and the steering direction;
- and
- operate the vehicle along a straight path based on one of detecting the steering angle below a radius threshold, detecting a button pressed on the portable device, and detecting a continuous non-rotary input.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.