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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2014
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Li Xu, Northville, MI (US);
Eric Hongtei Tseng, Canton, MI (US);
Thomas Edward Pilutti, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Steven Yellin Schondorf, Dearborn, MI (US);
Davor David Hrovat, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
John P. Joyce, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A trailer backup assist system for a vehicle reversing a trailer includes a sensor module adapted to attach to the trailer and generate a trailer yaw rate or a trailer speed. The trailer backup assist system also includes a vehicle sensor system that generates a vehicle yaw rate and a vehicle speed. Further, the trailer backup assist system includes a controller that estimates a hitch angle based on the trailer yaw rate or the trailer speed and the vehicle yaw rate and the vehicle speed in view of a kinematic relationship between the trailer and the vehicle.