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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2013
Ambarish Goswami, Fremont, CA (US);
Jimmy Chiu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ambarish Goswami, Fremont, CA (US);
Jimmy Chiu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A controller and control method assists a driver with backing up of a vehicle with an attached trailer. The vehicle has a front axle with steerable front wheels controlled by the driver and a rear axle with non-steerable rear wheels. The trailer has a front axle with non-steerable front wheels and a rear axle with steerable rear wheels controlled by a trailer steering controller. The controller receives an operator-controlled vehicle steering angle and a measured hitch angle. The controller determines a trailer steering angle based on the operator-controller vehicle steering angle and the measured hitch angle. The controller continuously controls the trailer (e.g., via a steering angle of the rear wheels) to maintain a trajectory with substantially no lateral slippage.