Patent ID: 11858520
Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 13:
14. A towing vehicle for a vehicle combination comprising at least one trailer and more than one articulation joint, comprising:
at least one wheel identification sensor for identifying wheels of the at least one trailer, and
a control unit configured to,
perform a plurality of wheel identification measurements on at least one side of the at least one trailer, by means of the at least one sensor during use of the vehicle combination, determine a number of identifiable active wheels on the at least one side of at least one trailer in each one of the plurality of wheel identification measurements,
determine a total number of active wheels on the at least one side of the at least one trailer, wherein the total number of active wheels is determined based on at least one of the plurality of wheel identification measurements in which a maximum number of identifiable active wheels was determined,
determine a position of each identifiable active wheel at least from the at least one of the plurality of wheel identification measurements in which the maximum number of active wheels was determined, and
estimate a wheel base length based on the determined position of each active wheel.