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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2017
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Daniel T. Cohen, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Nadav Lavi, Ramat-Hasharon, IL;
Kobi Scheim, Pardess Hanna, IL;
Andrew R. Camden, Royal Oak, MI (US);
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A wireless vehicle-trailer interface system for communication between a vehicle and a trailer is provided. The vehicle may include a vehicle hitch, a vehicle control system, a vehicle radio frequency system, and a processor, the processor configured to generate a unique data packet for each vehicle radio frequency system, determine, for each received response packet, a distance between a corresponding receiving vehicle radio frequency system and a corresponding transmitting trailer radio frequency systems, determine a relative physical position of each vehicle radio frequency system and trailer radio frequency system, determine dimensions of the trailer, determine a physical position of a vehicle hitch and a trailer coupled, and generate instructions for the vehicle control system to cause the vehicle to move to align the vehicle hitch with a trailer coupler.