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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2019
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Luke Niewiadomski, Dearborn, MI (US);
Li Xu, Northville, MI (US);
Donald Jacob Mattern, Canton, MI (US);
Mohamed El-sawah, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Roger Arnold Trombley, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Douglas Rogan, Mountain View, CA (US);
Nikhil Nagraj Rao, Cupertino, CA (US);
Arnav Sharma, Canton, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle system configured to control a trailer alignment routine includes a hitch mounted on a vehicle and a controller. The controller is configured to identify a coupler position of a trailer and control motion of the vehicle to toward an aligned position. The controller is further configured to control a braking procedure of the vehicle including a plurality of concurrent deceleration control procedures in response to a portion of the vehicle passing a gradual stopping distance. The concurrent deceleration procedures include monitoring an elapsed time following the portion of the vehicle passing the gradual stopping distance and monitoring a remaining distance to the aligned position based on a velocity of the vehicle and comparing the remaining distance to a rapid stopping distance.