公开(公告)号：US12179835B2

公开(公告)日：2024-12-31

申请号：US17435950

申请日：2020-04-30

Applicant: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.

Inventor： Jian Wang ,  Taku Takahama

IPC: B62D12/02 ,  B60D1/62 ,  B62D6/00 ,  B62D7/15 ,  B62D13/00 ,  B62D13/06

Abstract: Provided is a vehicle coupling assistance device which is configured to select, in accordance with a physical quantity relating to an angle of a second coupling part of a trailer with respect to a first coupling part of a vehicle, as a steering angle control mode, any one of a first steering angle control mode in which a steering angle of front wheels of the vehicle and a steering angle of rear wheels of the vehicle are controlled to achieve the same steering angle and a second steering angle control mode f in which the steering angle of the front wheels and the steering angle of the rear wheels are controlled to achieve different steering angles, and to output steering angle control commands for executing control in the selected steering angle control mode to a front-wheel steering device and a rear-wheel steering device of the vehicle.