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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2020
Magna Electronics Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Mohammadmehdi Jalalmaab, Waterloo, CA;
Jyothi P. Gali, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Devendra Bajpai, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Alexander Velichko, Toronto, CA;
Magna Electronics Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicular trailering assist system includes a rearward viewing camera at a vehicle and an electronic control unit (ECU). During a reversing maneuver of the vehicle and trailer while the vehicle is in motion and the trailer is hitched to the vehicle, the ECU (i) determines a target trajectory for the trailer, (ii) determines a lateral path deviation of the trailer that represents a deviation of a current trajectory of the trailer from the target trajectory for the trailer, (iii) determines a trailer heading angle correction, and (iv) determines a target trailer angle of the trailer relative to the vehicle based on the current trailer angle of the trailer and the trailer heading angle correction. Responsive to determination of the target trailer angle of the trailer, the ECU controls steering of the vehicle to achieve the target trailer angle and direct the vehicle and the trailer towards the target trajectory.