Patent ID: 11897473
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A device for a towing vehicle, comprising:
a drive unit configured to independently drive each of left and right wheels of a towing vehicle that tows a towed vehicle;
an acceleration detection unit configured to detect an acceleration of the towing vehicle;
a drive force detection unit configured to detect a drive force of the towing vehicle;
a mass estimation unit configured to estimate a mass of the towed vehicle using respective detection results generated by the acceleration detection unit and the drive force detection unit at a time of acceleration of the towing vehicle in a towing state; and
a control unit configured to control a drive force of the left and right wheels of the towing vehicle in consideration of an influence of the mass of the towed vehicle estimated by the mass estimation unit at a time of turning of the towing vehicle in the towing state.