System and method for driving adjustment based on trailer pose detection

    公开(公告)号:US11623630B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-11

    申请号:US17007609

    申请日:2020-08-31

    发明人: Chenyu Peng

    摘要: A system may comprise one or more processors, and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, causing the system to perform receiving, from a first sensor coupled to a front part of a vehicle, a first set of sensor data that include data of a first edge of a body part, or from a second sensor coupled to the front part of the vehicle, a second set of sensor data that include data of a second edge of the body part. The system may perform calculating, based on the first or second set of the sensor data, location of the first edge or the second edge of the body part relative to the front part, and determining whether the relative location of the first edge or the second edge is within an expected location range. The system may perform sending a notification that driving adjustment of the vehicle is required if the relative location is outside the expected location range.

    VEHICULAR TRAILERING GUIDANCE SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20230001984A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-05

    申请号:US17757467

    申请日:2020-12-16

    摘要: A vehicular trailer guidance system includes an electronic control unit (ECU) and a rear backup camera disposed at a vehicle. A human machine interface (HMI) is operable in (i) a trailer left-backup mode, (i) a trailer straight-backup mode and (iii) a trailer right-backup mode. Responsive to selection by the driver of the trailer left-backup mode or trailer right-backup mode, the ECU sets a desired trailer angle of the trailer tongue leftward or rightward to an angle that is commensurate with a driver-selected setting of an input device. Responsive to selection by the driver of the trailer straight-backup mode, the ECU sets the desired trailer angle to a zero degree angle. The ECU, while the vehicle is backing up the trailer, controls the power steering system of the vehicle to steer the vehicle to back up the trailer to have the determined trailer angle coincide with the set desired trailer angle.

    DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN NEAR TRAILER AND CONNECTED TRAILER

    公开(公告)号:US20220315034A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-06

    申请号:US17844826

    申请日:2022-06-21

    摘要: A system for assisting in aligning a vehicle for hitching with a trailer includes a steering system that adjusts a steering angle of the vehicle, a braking system that adjusts a speed of the vehicle, an imaging system that receives image data of a trailer disposed in an area proximate the vehicle, and a controller. The controller detects, within a threshold distance defined from a stationary point on the vehicle and the trailer, a position of a coupler from the image data, and, responsive to the position being less than the threshold distance, a status of the trailer based on the image data being indicative of a position of a hitch ball relative to the coupler within a second threshold. The controller maneuvers, via the steering and braking systems, the vehicle based on the status.

    SYSTEMS, APPARATUS, AND METHODS FOR STEERING A TOWED VEHICLE IN REVERSE

    公开(公告)号:US20220281522A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-08

    申请号:US17192858

    申请日:2021-03-04

    IPC分类号: B62D13/06 B60D1/24

    摘要: Systems, apparatus, and methods for steering one or more wheels of a flat-towed vehicle moving in reverse. A system may include a power steering mechanism configured to steer the one or more wheels. The system may further include a connector configured to carry one or more signals from a towing vehicle to the flat-towed vehicle. The system may further include an electronic control unit (ECU) coupled to the power steering mechanism and the connector. The ECU may receive a signal that one or more reverse lights of the towing vehicle are lit or on. The ECU may be configured to actuate the power steering mechanism to steer the one or more wheels to a straight position upon receiving the signal.

    LOW-SPEED MANEUVERING ASSISTANT FOR A VEHICLE

    公开(公告)号:US20220274644A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-01

    申请号:US17667877

    申请日:2022-02-09

    发明人: Daniel Johansson

    摘要: A maneuvering assistant system for a vehicle combination comprising an interface configured to receive measurements from a camera, processing circuitry implementing a Kalman filter configured to observe an articulation angle of the vehicle combination on the basis of the measurements from the camera, a signal analyzer configured to repeatedly estimate a signal noise of the camera measurement and to adjust the Kalman filter on the basis of statistics derived from the estimated signal noise, and an assistance unit configured to receive an estimate of the articulation angle from the Kalman filter and provide drive actions based on the estimate.

    Driver Aid and Autonomous Tractor-Trailer Parking and Loading Dock Alignment System

    公开(公告)号:US20220261005A9

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-18

    申请号:US16678244

    申请日:2019-11-08

    摘要: Backing up and aligning tractor trailers to a loading dock is one of the most complicated tasks performed by a truck driver. The present invention provides aids, and/or autonomy, to the driver in both conditions: the warehouse, and the less structured origin/destination. The invention is designed to aid the driver with facilities to simplify the parking and loading dock alignment process. The invention controls the drive-by-wire system in the truck, controlling the steering, gearbox, acceleration, and break, to automatically back up the truck into the desired location. This is possible if the truck is equipped with a drive-by-wire kit. The invention controls one or more control signals to the drive-by-wire system while the driver controls the others. In the present invention, a system is developed that is designed to autonomously or semi-autonomously guide a driver to a dock or parking location which is comprised of a sensor or sensors that collect a map of the dock or desired parking area, a user interface that allows the operator to select a doc k, or a feature in the map and determine the final pose of the tractor and trailer, a planner that creates a kinematically correct and obstacle free trajectory from the current location to the desired location and a set of user aids, including a ground guide avatar or avatars that provide the distance to the dock, speed and turning direction, or other guidance.

    ANGLE AND ORIENTATION MEASUREMENTS FOR VEHICLES WITH MULTIPLE DRIVABLE SECTIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20210394570A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-23

    申请号:US17346567

    申请日:2021-06-14

    申请人: TUSIMPLE, INC.

    摘要: Techniques are described for measuring angle and/or orientation of a rear drivable section (e.g., a trailer unit of a semi-trailer truck) relative to a front drivable section (e.g., a tractor unit of the semi-trailer truck) using an example rotary encoder assembly. The example rotary encoder assembly comprises a base surface; a housing that includes a second end that is connected to the base surface and a first end that is at least partially open and is coupled to a housing cap; and a rotary encoder that is located in the housing in between the base surface and the housing cap, where the rotary encoder includes a rotatable shaft that protrudes from a first hole located in the housing cap, and where a top of the rotatable shaft located away from the rotary encoder is coupled to magnet(s).