Patent ID: 11945530
Assignee: PEBBLE MOBILITY, INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A method of implementing an autonomous electric-powered trailer during a towing operation, the method comprising:
identifying a towing event between an autonomous electric-powered (AEP) trailer and a towing entity;
activating, via one or more computers, a towing assist operating mode of the AEP trailer based on the identifying of the towing event;
sourcing sensing data from one or more sensing sources based on the activating of the towing assist operating mode, the sensing data including observations of one or more driving operations of the towing entity;
estimating, by the AEP trailer, a likely driving intent of the towing entity based on the observations of the one or more driving operations of the towing entity;
generating, via a towing-assist control algorithm, a plurality of towing-assistance instructions based on (A) an input of the sensing data and (B) an input of the likely driving intent of the towing entity, wherein generating the plurality of towing-assistance instructions includes:
(1) estimating an amount of towing-assistance to provide to the towing entity, and
(2) computing the plurality of towing-assistance instructions based on the amount of towing-assistance to provide to the towing entity; and

operating one or more wheels of the AEP trailer at a target torque or at a target braking based on executing the plurality of towing-assistance instructions, wherein the operating of the one or more wheels enables the AEP trailer to autonomously assist the towing entity during the towing event.