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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2019
Volvo Truck Corporation, Gothenburg, SE;
Peter Kollberg, Floda, SE;
Daniel Persson, Gothenburg, SE;
VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION, Gothenburg, SE;
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a method for estimating a wheel base length (D) of at least one trailer () of a vehicle combination () comprising a towing vehicle (), the at least one trailer and more than one articulation joint (A, A), wherein the towing vehicle comprises at least one wheel identification sensor () for identifying wheels () of the at least one trailer, the method comprising the following steps: —(S) performing a plurality of wheel identification measurements on at least one side of the at least one trailer, by means of the at least one sensor during use of the vehicle combination, —(S) determining a number of identifiable active wheels on the at least one side of the at least one trailer in each one of the plurality of wheel identification measurements, —(S) determining a total number of active wheels on the at least one side of the at least one trailer, wherein the total number of active wheels is determined based on at least one of the plurality of wheel identification measurements in which a maximum number of identifiable active wheels was determined, —(S) determining a position of each identifiable active wheel at least from the at least one of the plurality of wheel identification measurements in which the maximum number of active wheels was determined, and —(S) estimating the wheel base length based on the determined position of each active wheel.