Patent ID: 8010252
Filing Date: 2011-08-30
Classification: B60T,G01S

Abstract:
1. A control system for a vehicle pulling a trailer comprising: an oscillation detector generating a trailer oscillation signal; a vehicle dynamic control system operating at least one vehicle dynamic system by way of a dynamic control signal; a controller coupled to the oscillation detector and the dynamic control system, the controller comprising a neural network and an associated trainer, the trainer initially supplies a weight function to the neural network, the neural network is programmed to output a weighted dynamic control signal to the vehicle dynamic control system in response to the trailer oscillation signal and the weight function of the trainer; and during subsequent neural network outputs to the vehicle dynamic control system a penalty function is applied to the weight function of the trainer wherein the penalty function retains the weight function for a dynamic control signal which mitigates detected trailer oscillation, and reduces the weight function for a dynamic control signal which does not mitigate detected trailer oscillation.