Patent ID: 11952037
Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A multi-trailer reverse assist system in an articulated transport system comprising a lead vehicle, an intermediate trailer, and a final trailer, the reverse assist system comprising a controller, the controller configured to:
receive a view of an environment behind the final trailer;
cause the view to be displayed in a display screen of a user interface device;
receive, via a secondary steering device of the user interface device, a user intended direction of travel of the articulated transport system in reverse to direct the final trailer in a desired direction;
continuously calculate controllable steering angles for directing the articulated transport system to direct the final trailer in the desired direction; and
control the articulated transport system to direct the final trailer in the desired direction using the calculated controllable steering angles.