The present invention relates to a vehicle control system (1 see fig 2) for controlling a vehicle 3 to facilitate reversing a trailer 5 coupled to the vehicle 3. The vehicle control system includes a processor (33 see fig 2) configured to receive a target trailer destination DTAR. The current position of the trailer 5 is determined by the processor 33. A target route R is then modelled to guide the trailer 5 from its current position to the target trailer destination DTAR• The processor (33) is configured to output a vehicle control signal to control the vehicle 3 to guide the trailer 5 along the target route R. The invention also relates to a method of controlling a vehicle 3 to facilitate reversing a trailer 5.
Vehicle Control System
2015-05-27
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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