System for controlling a vehicle based on wheel angle tracking
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1. A control system of a vehicle, comprising:
- at least one sensor configured to track an angular orientation of a front wheel of a nearby vehicle and provide data indicative of the angular orientation of the front wheel while the nearby vehicle is traveling parallel to a longitudinal axis of the vehicle; and
a computing device including a processor and a memory, the computing device configured to;
receive the data;
determine, while the nearby vehicle is traveling parallel to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle, a wheel angle parameter of the front wheel of the nearby vehicle based on the data, wherein the wheel angle parameter defines an angle of the front wheel relative to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle; and
generate a control command to change at least one of a direction or an acceleration of the vehicle based on the determined wheel angle parameter.
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Abstract
A control system has at least one sensor configured to track an orientation of a front wheel of a nearby vehicle and provide data indicative of the orientation. The control system also has a computing device including a processor and a memory. The computing device is configured to receive the data from the at least one sensor, determine a wheel angle parameter of the front wheel of the nearby vehicle based on the data, and generate a control command to change at least one of a direction or an acceleration of the vehicle based on the determined wheel angle parameter.
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1. A control system of a vehicle, comprising:
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at least one sensor configured to track an angular orientation of a front wheel of a nearby vehicle and provide data indicative of the angular orientation of the front wheel while the nearby vehicle is traveling parallel to a longitudinal axis of the vehicle; and a computing device including a processor and a memory, the computing device configured to; receive the data; determine, while the nearby vehicle is traveling parallel to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle, a wheel angle parameter of the front wheel of the nearby vehicle based on the data, wherein the wheel angle parameter defines an angle of the front wheel relative to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle; and generate a control command to change at least one of a direction or an acceleration of the vehicle based on the determined wheel angle parameter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of controlling a vehicle, comprising:
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tracking an angular orientation of a front wheel of a nearby vehicle; tracking an angular orientation of a body of the nearby vehicle while the nearby vehicle is traveling parallel to a longitudinal axis of the vehicle; determining, while the nearby vehicle is traveling parallel to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle, a change in the tracked angular orientation of the front wheel relative to the angular orientation of the body of the nearby vehicle; determining a wheel angle parameter of the front wheel of the nearby vehicle based on the determined change in the angular orientation, the wheel angle parameter defining an angle of the front wheel relative to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle; evaluating the wheel angle parameter; and adjusting at least one of a direction or an acceleration of the vehicle based on the evaluation. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A vehicle, comprising:
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a vehicle body; a power system configured to accelerate the vehicle body; a braking system configured to decelerate the vehicle body; a steering system configured to control a direction of the vehicle body; and a control system configured to control at least one of a direction or an acceleration of the vehicle body, the control system including; at least one sensor that tracks an angular orientation of a front wheel of a nearby vehicle and provide data indicative of the orientation of the front wheel while the nearby vehicle is traveling adjacent to the vehicle; and a computing device including a processor and a memory, the computing device programmed to; receive the data; determine a wheel angle parameter of the front wheel of the nearby vehicle based on the data, wherein the wheel angle parameter defines an angle of the front wheel relative to a longitudinal axis of the vehicle that is different from an angle of a body of the nearby vehicle relative to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle; and generate a control command to change at least one of a direction or an acceleration of the vehicle body based on the determined wheel angle parameter. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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