A trailer backup assist system for a vehicle reversing a trailer includes a sensor module adapted to attach to the trailer and generate a trailer yaw rate or a trailer speed. The trailer backup assist system also includes a vehicle sensor system that generates a vehicle yaw rate and a vehicle speed.
A trailer backup assist system for a vehicle reversing a trailer includes a sensor module adapted to attach to the trailer and generate a trailer yaw rate or a trailer speed. The trailer backup assist system also includes a vehicle sensor system that generates a vehicle yaw rate and a vehicle speed. Further, the trailer backup assist system includes a controller that estimates a hitch angle based on the trailer yaw rate or the trailer speed and the vehicle yaw rate and the vehicle speed in view of a kinematic relationship between the trailer and the vehicle.
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1. A trailer backup assist system comprising: a trailer sensor module generating at least one of a trailer yaw rate or a trailer speed;a vehicle sensor system generating a vehicle yaw rate and a vehicle speed; anda controller estimating a hitch angle based on the vehicle yaw rate, vehicle speed, and
1. A trailer backup assist system comprising: a trailer sensor module generating at least one of a trailer yaw rate or a trailer speed;a vehicle sensor system generating a vehicle yaw rate and a vehicle speed; anda controller estimating a hitch angle based on the vehicle yaw rate, vehicle speed, and one of the trailer yaw rate or the trailer speed in view of a kinematic relationship. 2. The trailer backup assist system of claim 1, wherein the kinematic relationship between the trailer and the vehicle includes a known length of the trailer, a known drawbar length of the vehicle, and a known wheelbase of the vehicle, such that the hitch angle is instantaneously estimated with the controller. 3. The trailer backup assist system of claim 1, wherein the trailer sensor module includes a yaw rate sensor attached to the trailer that generates the trailer yaw rate. 4. The trailer backup assist system of claim 1, wherein the trailer sensor module includes a sensor that generates a lateral acceleration of the trailer, and wherein the trailer yaw rate is derived based on the lateral acceleration and a trailer speed. 5. The trailer backup assist system of claim 1, wherein the trailer sensor module includes left and right wheel speed sensors on laterally opposing wheels of the trailer. 6. The trailer backup assist system of claim 1, wherein the vehicle sensor system includes a yaw rate sensor that generates the vehicle yaw rate. 7. The trailer backup assist system of claim 1, wherein the vehicle sensor system includes a wheel speed sensor that generates the vehicle speed and a steering angle sensor that generates a steering angle of the vehicle, whereby the vehicle yaw rate is determined based on the steering angle, the vehicle speed, and a wheelbase of the vehicle. 8. The trailer backup assist system of claim 1, wherein the vehicle sensor system includes left and right wheel speed sensors on laterally opposing wheels of the vehicle for determining the vehicle speed and the vehicle yaw rate. 9. A system for estimating a hitch angle between a vehicle and a trailer, comprising: a first sensor coupled with the trailer for determining a trailer yaw rate;a second sensor coupled with the vehicle for determining a vehicle yaw rate; anda controller estimating a hitch angle based on the trailer yaw rate, the vehicle yaw rate, and a vehicle speed in view of a kinematic relationship between the trailer and the vehicle. 10. The system of claim 9, wherein the kinematic relationship includes a length of the trailer and a drawbar length of the vehicle, and wherein the hitch angle estimated by the controller is filtered by combining a hitch angle value based on the kinematic relationship with a hitch angle rate determined by a difference between the trailer yaw rate and the vehicle yaw rate. 11. The system of claim 9, wherein the first sensor includes a yaw rate sensor that generates the trailer yaw rate. 12. The system of claim 9, wherein the first sensor includes left and right wheel speed sensors on laterally opposing wheels of the trailer, and wherein speed signals from the left and right wheel speed sensors are processed to derive the trailer yaw rate. 13. The system of claim 9, further comprising: a third sensor coupled with the trailer that generates a lateral acceleration of the trailer, wherein the first sensor generates a speed of the trailer, such that the trailer yaw rate is derived based on the lateral acceleration and the speed of the trailer. 14. The system of claim 9, wherein the second sensor includes a wheel speed sensor that generates the vehicle speed and a steering angle sensor that generates a steering angle of the vehicle, and wherein the vehicle yaw rate is determined based on the vehicle speed and the steering angle. 15. The system of claim 9, further comprising: a steering input device for inputting a desired curvature of the trailer when reversing the vehicle, wherein the controller generates a steering command for the vehicle to guide the trailer on the desired curvature based on the estimated hitch angle. 16. A method for estimating a hitch angle between a vehicle and a trailer, comprising: sensing a first yaw rate of the trailer;sensing a second yaw rate of the vehicle;sensing a speed of the vehicle;determining an instantaneous hitch angle based on the first and second yaw rates and the speed of the vehicle in view of a kinematic relationship between the trailer and the vehicle; andgenerating a steering command for the vehicle based on the instantaneous hitch angle to guide the trailer on a desired backing path, wherein the desired backing path is determined by an input received from a steering input device of a trailer backup assist system. 17. The method of claim 16, wherein the first yaw rate of the trailer is sensed based on a sensed lateral acceleration of the trailer, and wherein the instantaneous hitch angle is filtered by combining a hitch angle value based on the kinematic relationship with a hitch angle rate determined by a difference between the first and second yaw rates of the trailer and the vehicle. 18. The method of claim 16, wherein the first yaw rate of the trailer is sensed with left and right wheel speed sensors on laterally opposing wheels of the trailer, and wherein speed signals from the left and right wheel speed sensors are processed to derive the first yaw rate of the trailer.
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