METHOD AND CONTROL UNIT FOR DETERMINING AN ANGLE BETWEEN LONGITUDINAL AXES OF A VEHICLE COMBINATION
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A method for determining an angle between a longitudinal axis of a first, leading component vehicle and a longitudinal axis of a second, trailing component vehicle. For at least one wheel axle or wheel axle group of the first, leading component vehicle a travel speed and/or an angular speed of the wheel axle or wheel axle group concerned is determined, and for at least one wheel axle or wheel axle group of the second, trailing component vehicle a travel speed and/or an angular speed of the wheel axle or wheel axle group concerned is determined. From the travel speeds and/or angular speeds determined for the wheel axles or wheel axle groups of the first, leading component vehicle and of the second, trailing component vehicle, the angle between the longitudinal axes of the first, leading component vehicle and the second, trailing component vehicle is then calculated.
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11. A method for determining an angle between longitudinal axes of a tractor-trailer combination having a number of component vehicles, the method comprising the steps of:
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determining, for at least one wheel axle or wheel axle group of a first, leading component vehicle, at least one of travel speed and angular speed of the wheel axle or wheel axle group concerned; determining, for at least one wheel axle or wheel axle group of a second, trailing component vehicle, at least one of travel speed and angular speed of the wheel axle or wheel axle group concerned; calculating, from the at least one of the travel speeds and angular speeds of the wheel axles or wheel axle groups determined for the first, leading component vehicle and the second, trailing component vehicle, the angle between the longitudinal axes of the first, leading component vehicle and the second, trailing component vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A control unit, characterized by means for implementing a method for determining an angle between longitudinal axes of a tractor-trailer combination having a number of component vehicles, the method comprising the steps of:
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determining, with a control unit, at least one of travel speed and angular speed of a wheel axle or wheel axle group of a first, leading component vehicle; determining, with the control unit, at least one of travel speed and angular speed of a wheel axle or wheel axle group of a second, trailing component vehicle; and calculating, with the control unit, the angle between the longitudinal axes of the first, leading component vehicle and the second, trailing component vehicle from the determined at least one of travel speeds and angular speeds of the wheel axles or wheel axle groups of the first, leading component vehicle and the second, trailing component vehicle.
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