Method and system for supporting a coupling operation of a transportation vehicle to a trailer

US11427255B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE

Inventors

• Sascha Ziebart · Wettmershagen, DE
• Frank Schwitters · Königslutter am Elm, DE
• Chrystian Knoppek · Berlin, DE
• Hermann Gebert · Berlin, DE
• Benedikt Michl · Berlin, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 20, 2019
• Grant date: Aug 30, 2022
• Expiry date: Apr 6, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60Q9/006
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for supporting a process of coupling a transportation vehicle to a trailer wherein a position of a coupling element on the trailer is detected by a trailer coupling assistant and the transportation vehicle is at least partly autonomously maneuvered into a target position in which a trailer coupling of the transportation vehicle is disposed in a specified position for coupling to the coupling element on the trailer, wherein a rearward monitoring region of the transportation vehicle is monitored by a parking aid during the maneuvering process. The parking aid is operated in a standard mode in response to the trailer coupling assistant being deactivated and the parking aid is operated in a coupling mode in which obstacle warnings relating to the rearward region are output by the parking aid differently from in the standard mode in response to the trailer coupling assistant being activated.