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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2023
Applicant:
Torc Robotics, Inc., Blacksburg, VA (US);
Inventors:
Joseph Fox-Rabinovitz, Austin, TX (US);
Nicholas Atanasov, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Rohit Salem, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Sebastian Dingler, Stuttgart, DE;
Assignee:
TORC Robotics, Inc., Blacksburg, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/41 (2006.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G01S 13/931 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/415 (2013.01); G01S 13/931 (2013.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.02); B60W 2300/145 (2013.01); B60W 2420/408 (2024.01); B60W 2554/802 (2020.02); B60W 2720/10 (2013.01); B60W 2720/24 (2013.01); G01S 2013/93272 (2020.01); G01S 2013/93274 (2020.01);
Abstract
Trailer detection is provided. A vehicle can determine a distance to a portion of the trailer from the time-of-flight sensor data. The vehicle can determine a doppler shift indicative of a speed of a wheel of a wheel assembly from the data. The vehicle can determine, based on the distance and the doppler shift, a wheelbase of the trailer.