Patent ID: 11897541
Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A method for guiding a vehicle during reversing along a desired travelling path, wherein the vehicle is a vehicle combination comprising a towing vehicle and at least one trailer, wherein the guiding is based on a lateral offset between a preview point located at a preview distance behind the trailer and the desired travelling path, the method comprising:
determining a curvature of the desired travelling path behind the vehicle;
adaptively adjusting the preview distance in dependence on the determined curvature, thereby adaptively adjusting the preview point, wherein the preview distance is a distance from a rearmost position of the trailer and the preview point; and
guiding the vehicle along the desired travelling path by use of the lateral offset between the adjusted preview point and the desired travelling path.