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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2020
Volvo Truck Corporation, Gothenburg, SE;
Daniel Persson, Gothenburg, SE;
Agneta Sjögren, Hovås, SE;
Volvo Truck Corporation, Gothenburg, SE;
Abstract
The disclosure relates to a method for reversing an articulated vehicle combination along a road curvature of a road, comprising obtaining image data representing a rearward view with respect to the articulated vehicle combination, wherein the method further comprises detecting road edges of the road in the image data; determining a plurality of longitudinal and lateral positions of the respective detected road edges; calculating road curvature of the road based on the determined lateral and longitudinal positions; calculating vehicle path curvature to stay on the road; and reversing the articulated vehicle combination by automatically steering the articulated vehicle combination to follow the calculated vehicle path curvature in order to follow the road curvature, wherein the road edges are detected by use of an image analysis algorithm which is based on a plurality of predefined types of road edges of a plurality of different road types.