Fca US LLC

Continental Automotive Systems Corporation

Lubna Khasawneh

Ibro Muharemovic

Julien Ip

Dominik Froehlich

Kyle P Carpenter

Dalong Li

Steffen Hartmann

Uriel Sanchez

Control systems and methods for an electric power steering (EPS) system of a vehicle include obtaining, by a controller of the vehicle and from a set of sensors, a set of parameters of an electric motor of the EPS system, the EPS system further comprising a steering column and a steering wheel, and controlling, by the controller, the EPS system by based on the set of measured parameters of the electric motor, performing vector type recursive least squares estimation (RLSE) of a plurality of lumped EPS parameters including applying a variable forgetting factor, generating steering angle torque commands based on the estimated plurality of lumped EPS parameters, and controlling the electric motor of the EPS based on the generated steering angle torque commands for more accurate control of a trajectory of the vehicle.

Electric power steering lumped parameters estimation using vector type recursive least squares method with variable forgetting factor

One aspect of the disclosure provides a method of maneuvering a vehicle in reverse for attachment to a trailer. The method includes: determining, at a computing device in communication with the neural network, a selected trailer in proximity to the vehicle; detecting at least one user input gesture performed by a user and captured in at least one image from at least one camera on the vehicle; selected a maneuver command for the vehicle based on the detected gesture; and executing the maneuver to move the vehicle from the initial position toward a final position adjacent the trailer.

Autonomous trailer hitching using neural network

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Rochester Hills, MI, United States of America

Lubna Khasawneh