Self hitching and parking trailers, and systems and methods for trailers
AssigneeStream It, Inc.
InventorsLance M. King, Zach Radkey-Pechacek, Nathan Swanson, Timothy Wulff
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Abstract
Self-hitching and parking trailers, and systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for controlling a trailer are provided herein. A system for controlling a trailer can comprise one or more sensors configured to detect sensor data associated with a trailer, a tow vehicle, and/or an area surrounding the trailer, and a controlling having one or more processors, and a memory storing software instructions that, when executed by the processor(s), cause the processor(s) to obtain sensor data, obtain an indication of an event based at least in part on the sensor data, and initiate a trailer action.
Claims17
A system for controlling a trailer, comprising:
- one or more sensors configured to detect data associated with at least one of the trailer, a tow vehicle the trailer is configured to mechanically couple to, and an area surrounding at least one of the trailer and the tow vehicle;
- and
- a controller, comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- a memory storing software instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
- obtain the sensor data from the one or more sensors;
- obtain an indication of an event based at least in part on the sensor data;
- and
- initiate a mechanical coupling and decoupling of the trailer to the tow vehicle, as well as autonomously parking the trailer, based at least in part on obtaining the indication of the event.
A trailer configured to mechanically couple to a tow vehicle, comprising:
- one or more sensors configured to detect data associated with at least one of the trailer, a tow vehicle the trailer is configured to mechanically couple to, and an area surrounding at least one of the trailer and the tow vehicle;
- a powering system;
- a steering system;
- a hitching system;
- and
- a controller operably coupled to the powering system, the steering system and the hitching system the controller, comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- a memory storing software instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
- obtain the sensor data from the one or more sensors;
- obtain an indication of an event based at least in part on the sensor data;
- and
- initiate a mechanical coupling and decoupling of the trailer to the tow vehicle, as well as autonomously parking the trailer, based at least in part on obtaining the indication of the event.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.