Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.

Christopher A Ferone

Shaurya Panthri

Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to influencing control of a vehicle to improve hitchless towing. In one embodiment, a method includes detecting a current condition associated with a lead vehicle and a following vehicle. The method includes, responsive to determining that the current condition satisfies an adjustment threshold for modifying a behavior of at least one of the lead vehicle and the following vehicle, determining a vehicle action associated with the current condition. The method includes providing an output according to the vehicle action.

Systems and methods for vehicle indicator for hitchless towing

Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to improving initiating hitchless towing between a lead vehicle and a following vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes in response to initiating hitchless towing between a lead vehicle and a following vehicle, generating a hitching path that provides a route from the following vehicle to the lead vehicle, controlling the following vehicle to travel the hitching path, aligning the following vehicle with the lead vehicle, and controlling the following vehicle to perform the hitchless towing by following the lead vehicle without a physical connection.

Systems and methods for virtually hitching and aligning a following vehicle to a lead vehicle

Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to a system for facilitating reverse travel of a vehicle convoy. In one embodiment, a system includes a processor and a memory storing machine-readable instructions. The machine-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to detect a rotational position of a steering wheel of a lead vehicle of a convoy when the lead vehicle is in a reverse mode. The machine-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, also cause the processor to select a camera of a following vehicle of the convoy based on the rotational position of the steering wheel. The machine-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, also cause the processor to display an image captured by the camera of the following vehicle on a display device of the lead vehicle.

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Christopher A Ferone