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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2023
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Shaurya Panthri, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Christopher A. Ferone, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to influencing control of a vehicle to improve hitchless towing. In one embodiment, a method includes detecting a current condition associated with a lead vehicle and a following vehicle. The method includes, responsive to determining that the current condition satisfies an adjustment threshold for modifying a behavior of at least one of the lead vehicle and the following vehicle, determining a vehicle action associated with the current condition. The method includes providing an output according to the vehicle action.