Method of controlling a vehicle combination
AssigneeVolvo Truck Corporation
InventorsLeo Laine, Mats Jonasson
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Abstract
A method of controlling a vehicle combination, the vehicle combination comprising a first vehicle unit, a second vehicle unit and an articulated coupling connecting the first and second vehicle units to each other, the method comprising determining a coupling force parameter of the articulated coupling based on a combination of motion related parameters obtained from the first and second vehicle units; selecting an operational envelope for the vehicle combination based on the coupling force parameter; and controlling the vehicle combination to operate within the operational envelope.
Claims17
A method of controlling a vehicle combination, the vehicle combination comprising a first vehicle unit, a second vehicle unit, and an articulated coupling connecting the first and second vehicle units to each other, the method comprising:
- determining a coupling force parameter of the articulated coupling based on a combination of motion related parameters obtained from the first and second vehicle units;
- selecting an operational envelope for the vehicle combination based on the coupling force parameter;
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- controlling the vehicle combination to operate within the operational envelope and proactively avoid exceeding the operational envelope.
A control system for controlling a vehicle combination comprising a first vehicle unit, a second vehicle unit, and an articulated coupling connecting the first and second vehicle units to each other, wherein the control system is configured to be connected to a vehicle propulsion system, wherein the control system comprises control circuitry configured to:
- determine a coupling force parameter of the articulated coupling based on a combination of motion related parameters of the first vehicle unit and the second vehicle unit;
- select an operational envelope for the vehicle combination based on the coupling force parameter;
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- transmit a control signal to a vehicle propulsion system, the control signal representing instructions to operate the vehicle combination within the operational envelope and proactively avoid exceeding the operational envelope.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.