US 12,103,433 B2
Systems and methods for controlling towing of a vehicle
Rahul Madineni, Farmington Hills, MI (US); and Ashwini P. Amin, Irvine, CA (US)
Assigned to Rivian IP Holdings, LLC, Irvine, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/641,649
Filed by Rivian IP Holdings, LLC, Plymouth, MI (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 17, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/050867
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 9, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/061109, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 24, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/079,846, filed on Sep. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0043004 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60L 7/26 (2006.01); B60Q 1/30 (2006.01); B60Q 1/34 (2006.01); B60Q 1/44 (2006.01); B60T 7/20 (2006.01); B60T 17/22 (2006.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01); B60W 10/184 (2012.01)
CPC B60L 7/26 (2013.01) [B60Q 1/30 (2013.01); B60Q 1/346 (2013.01); B60Q 1/44 (2013.01); B60T 7/20 (2013.01); B60T 17/22 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 10/184 (2013.01); B60W 30/18009 (2013.01); B60L 2240/461 (2013.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2420/408 (2024.01); B60W 2420/54 (2013.01); B60W 2554/4045 (2020.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a controller including:
a processor; and
a non-transitory computer-readable media configured to store computer-executable instructions configured to cause the processor to:
receive, from a sensor suite comprising a forward-facing camera, sensed data indicative of an attribute of a tow vehicle comprising a visual attribute without an electrical connection between the tow vehicle and a towed vehicle; and
control an attribute of the towed vehicle responsive to the sensed data indicative of a corresponding attribute of the tow vehicle.