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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2025
Torc Robotics, Inc., Blacksburg, VA (US);
Fridtjof Stein, Ostfildern, DE;
Mario Bijelic, Frankfurt, DE;
Florian Kuehnle, Stuttgart, DE;
Sebastian Renken, Stuttgart, DE;
Nicolai Wengert, Burgstetten, DE;
Torc Robotics, Inc., Blacksburg, VA (US);
Abstract
A system for determining a center of gravity of a trailer is described. The trailer includes a front portion, a rear portion, and a first side and a second side extending between the front and rear portion. The system includes one or more sensors, each having a field-of-view, associated with a vehicle and a processing device in communication with the one or more sensors. The processing device is configured to execute instructions stored in a memory to perform operations. The operations include measuring a plurality of initial points along at least one of the first side and the second side within the field-of-view of the one or more sensors, generating an initial trailer model representative of the plurality of initial points, measuring a plurality of subsequent points along the at least one of the first side and the second side within the field-of-view of the one or more sensors after the plurality of initial points are measured, generating a subsequent trailer model representative of the plurality of subsequent points, assessing the subsequent trailer model and the initial trailer model, determining a roll angle and a kink angle of the trailer based on the assessment of the subsequent trailer model and the initial trailer model, and determining a center of gravity of the trailer based on the roll angle and the kink angle.