US 11,958,438 B2Granted

System for managing a tractor-trailer and a method for the same

AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation

InventorsJoo Han Nam, Jong Su Lim, Ki Beom Lee, Sang Hyu Lee, Hyun Jae Bang

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Abstract

A system and method for managing a tractor-trailer and a method are provided. The system includes: a control server to manage a position of a trailer, identification information on the trailer, and identification information on a tractor matched to the trailer with respect to each hub; a trailer to authenticate the tractor by comparing the identification information, which is received from the control server, on the tractor, with identification information received from the tractor, and to release an electronic parking brake (EPB) when an authentication result for the tractor is correct; and a tractor to authenticate the trailer by comparing the identification information, which is received from the control server, on the trailer with identification information received from the trailer to authenticate the trailer, and to be coupled to the trailer, when an authentication result for the trailer is correct.

Claims13

Dependent claims

A system for managing a tractor-trailer, the system comprising:

a control server configured to manage a position of a trailer, identification information on the trailer, and identification information on a tractor matched to the trailer with respect to each hub;
wherein the trailer includes:
a parking brake configured to set or release a locking state of the trailer;
a first communication device configured to receive the identification information on a tractor from the control server;
a second communication device configured to receive the identification information on the tractor from the tractor;
and
a controller configured to authenticate the tractor by comparing the identification information, which is received from the control server, on the tractor with the identification information received from the tractor and configured to control the parking brake to release the locking state of the trailer, when an authentication result for the tractor is correct,
wherein the tractor includes:
a coupling device coupled to the trailer;
a first communication device configured to receive the identification information on the trailer from the control server;
a second communication device configured to receive the identification information on the trailer from the trailer;
and
a controller configured to authenticate the trailer by comparing the identification information, which is received from the control server, on the trailer with the identification information received the trailer, and configured to control the coupling device to be coupled to the trailer, when an authentication result for the trailer is correct.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/337,211Filed 2 Jun 2021
Priority: KR 10-2020-013536919 Oct 2020
Published: US 2022/0118942 A121 Apr 2022
Granted: 16 Apr 2024
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Classification17 codes

B60R 25/08
Operating on vehicle systems or fittings, e.g. on doors, seats or windscreens: operating on brakes or brake systems
B60R 25/102
Actuating a signalling device: a signal being sent to a remote location, e.g. a radio signal being transmitted to a police station, a security…
B60T 8/1708
Braking or traction control means specially adapted for particular types of vehicles: for lorries or tractor-trailer combinations
G06Q 10/08
Administration; Management: logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management