Adaptive knob control based upon trailer maneuver types
AssigneeAUMOVIO Autonomous Mobility US, LLC
InventorsBrandon Herzog, Daniel Diessner
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Abstract
A method, system and software product for maneuvering a vehicle-trailer unit in reverse travel with a trailer backing system is disclosed. The vehicle has a trailer hitch and a trailer is coupled to the trailer hitch thereby allowing a horizontal swivel movement of the trailer around the hitch. The trailer backing system includes an electronics control unit (ECU) and an input device communicatively coupled thereto. The method includes receiving, at the ECU, a selection of a trailer maneuver from a plurality of defined trailer maneuvers; and configuring the input device based upon the selected trailer maneuver, the input device being operable with the ECU to operate the vehicle for performing the trailer maneuver selected.
Claims18
A method of maneuvering a vehicle-trailer unit in reverse travel with a trailer backing system, wherein a vehicle has a trailer hitch and a trailer is coupled to the trailer hitch thereby allowing a horizontal swivel movement of the trailer around the hitch, and wherein the trailer backing system includes an electronic control unit (ECU) and an input device communicatively coupled thereto, the method comprising:
- receiving, at the ECU, a selection of a trailer maneuver from a plurality of defined trailer maneuvers;
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- configuring the input device based upon the selected trailer maneuver, the input device being operable with the ECU to operate the vehicle for performing the trailer maneuver selected;
- wherein the selected trailer maneuver comprises a sequence of a plurality of trailer maneuver segments, and configuring the input device comprises configuring, for each trailer maneuver segment, the input device based on the trailer maneuver segment being performed, wherein each segment has an associated user-provided parameter.
A trailer backing software program product for controlling an operation of a vehicle and a connected trailer in a reverse direction, the trailer backing software program product including program instructions stored in non-transitory memory which when executed by a processor circuit of an electronic control unit (ECU), causes the ECU to perform operations comprising:
- receiving a selection of a trailer maneuver from a plurality of defined trailer maneuvers;
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- configuring an input device coupled to the ECU based upon the selected trailer maneuver, the input device being operable with the ECU to operate the vehicle for performing the trailer maneuver selected
- wherein the selected trailer maneuver comprises a sequence of a plurality of trailer maneuver segments, and configuring the input device comprises configuring, for each trailer maneuver segment, the input device based on the trailer maneuver segment being performed, wherein each segment has an associated user-provided parameter.
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