ESTIMATION OF THE TRAILER POSITION RELATIVE TO TRUCK POSITION AND ARTICULATION ANGEL BETWEEN TRUCK AND TRAILER USING AN ELECTROMAGNETIC OR OPTICAL SENSOR

A method for estimating a position of a trailer relative to a truck of a road train includes providing or obtaining a kinematic model of the road train, providing or obtaining a length estimation of the trailer, and measuring an articulation angle between the truck and the trailer. The method furthe...

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Main Authors JOSHI, Kaustubh, MATTHAEI, Richard
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 19.05.2021
Subjects
CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE ORDIFFERENT FUNCTION
CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TOTHE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT
TRANSPORTING
VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Summary:A method for estimating a position of a trailer relative to a truck of a road train includes providing or obtaining a kinematic model of the road train, providing or obtaining a length estimation of the trailer, and measuring an articulation angle between the truck and the trailer. The method further includes determining a position of the trailer relative to the truck using the kinematic model, the length estimation, and the measured articulation angle.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20190745972