US 11,987,246 B2
Electronic control unit
Kenichi Shimbo, Tokyo (JP); Tadanobu Toba, Tokyo (JP); Hideyuki Sakamoto, Hitachinaka (JP); and Taisuke Ueta, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Hitachi Astemo, Ltd., Hitachinaka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/428,087
Filed by Hitachi Astemo, Ltd., Hitachinaka (JP)
PCT Filed Feb. 6, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/004688
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 3, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/162576, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-020050 (JP), filed on Feb. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0118977 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. B60W 50/14 (2020.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 30/18 (2013.01) [B60W 50/0098 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); G07C 5/008 (2013.01); B60W 2530/10 (2013.01); B60W 2530/203 (2020.02)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic control unit installed on a vehicle connected to a trailer and capable of towing the trailer, the electronic control unit comprising one or more memory devices storing instructions thereon, that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
identify, based on data collected by a sensor, whether the trailer is connected to the vehicle;
identify, based on the data collected by the sensor, a type of the trailer; and
change a travel control of the vehicle according to the type of the trailer when the trailer is connected to the vehicle,
wherein the one or more memory devices are configured to store a plurality of programs executable by the electronic control unit to change the travel control of the vehicle, and
wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to acquire a program corresponding to the type of the trailer from among the plurality of programs stored in the one or more memory devices.