SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NAVIGATING A TRAILER WITH A VEHICLE WHEN A PHYSICAL CONNECTION DISCONNECTS

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United States of America Patent

APP PUB NO 20230249680A1
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17668926

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Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to navigating a trailer after the physical connection between a vehicle and trailer disconnects. In one embodiment, a method includes responsive to determining that a physical connection between a vehicle and a trailer has disconnected, determining trajectory information for navigating the trailer without a connection to the vehicle. The method includes communicating the trajectory information to the trailer to cause the trailer to follow a trajectory associated with the vehicle. The method includes monitoring whether the trailer is following the trajectory.

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TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA INCPLANO TX

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Avedisov, Sergei S Los Gatos, US 23 11
Fanson, Paul Timothy Howell, US 5 3
Johnson, Miles J Ann Arbor, US 25 278
Overfield, Gregg J Canton, US 6 7
Prokhorov, Danil V Canton, US 136 3319
Shibata, Shigenori Ann Arbor, US 10 25
VanAntwerp, Adam R Chelsea, US 7 1
Zwegers, Corey Dexter, US 12 15

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