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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2011
Yong H. Lee, Troy, MI (US);
Alexander Kade, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI (US);
Yong H. Lee, Troy, MI (US);
Alexander Kade, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for operating a vehicle includes acquiring position information including an azimuth angle between a non-contacting sensor and a wheeled axle of an attached trailer, determining a trailer tongue length correlated to the position information, determining a track width of the attached trailer correlated to the position information, and calculating a trailer hitch articulation angle corresponding to the trailer tongue length and the track width of the attached trailer.
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