US 11,733,690 B2
Remote control system for a vehicle and trailer
Seyed Armin Raeis Hosseiny, Canton, MI (US); Bo Bao, Bloomfield, MI (US); Siyuan Ma, Detroit, MI (US); Erick Michael Lavoie, Van Buren Charter Township, MI (US); and Hamid M. Golgiri, Livonia, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Jul. 6, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/921,645.
Prior Publication US 2022/0004183 A1, Jan. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01)
CPC G05D 1/0016 (2013.01) [G05D 1/0044 (2013.01); G05D 1/0212 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
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1. A method for controlling a vehicle and trailer, comprising: determining an orientation direction relative to a direction of a vehicle graphic for display of the vehicle graphic on a user interface of a mobile device, the vehicle graphic representing a vehicle and a trailer, wherein the orientation direction is indicative of a location of the mobile device around a periphery of the vehicle and the trailer; presenting, via the user interface of the mobile device, the vehicle graphic according to the orientation direction; presenting, via the user interface, a path graphic representing a path extending from the vehicle graphic in one of a forward direction and a reverse direction, wherein a shape of the path of the path graphic is changed based on an amount of rotation of the mobile device and the location of the mobile device around the periphery of the vehicle and the trailer; presenting, based on the rotation of the mobile device, different possible paths, wherein the different possible paths curve toward an axis of the mobile device; and presenting, via the user interface, at least one control input corresponding to a direction of movement along the path; further comprising sending a control signal from the mobile device to a vehicle system controller of the vehicle in response to receiving a selection of the direction of movement along the path via the at least one control input.