Patents
US 12709263 B2: Systems and methods for autonomously backing a vehicle to a dock
- Granted
- 2026-08-18
- Filed
- 2018-06-01 application 17277151
- Type
- Utility · 17 claims
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Abstract
In some embodiments, techniques are provided for autonomously backing a vehicle to a target object such as a loading dock, a loading bay, a dock level er, a garage door, a wall area, another vehicle, or an end of an alley. The target object is determined, and an autonomous backing module of the vehicle determines relevant distances and angles. Using this information, the autonomous backing module may determine a path to the target object, and transmit commands to components of the vehicle to autonomously control the vehicle along the determined path to the target object.
Source: PTBLXML, file of 2026-08-18 (ipgb20260818.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PACCAR Inc. 820 patents | US company or organization | Bellevue, WA | PACCAR INC SEC filer EXACT medium confidence: identical full name, one of each nationally | PTBLXML, file of 2026-08-18 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stan Delizo | Lynwood, WA | 9 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-08-18 | |
| Ted Scherzinger | Sammamish, WA | 8 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-08-18 | |
| Yen-Lin Han | Seattle, WA | 12 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-08-18 | |
| Austin Chong | Fremont, CA | 6 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-08-18 | |
| Christian Heussy | Seattle, WA | 6 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-08-18 | |
| Caroline Hofgaard | Duvall, WA | 6 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-08-18 | |
| Oleksiy Khomenko | Spokane, WA | 6 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-08-18 | |
| Pauline Shammami | Seattle, WA | 6 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-08-18 | |
| Kirstin Schauble | Vista, CA | 6 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-08-18 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| B60W | Conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function; control systems specially adapted for hybrid vehicles; road vehicle drive control systems for purposes not related to the control of a particular sub-unit | B60W30/06 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-08-18 |
| G05D | Systems for controlling or regulating non-electric variables | G05D1/0231 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-08-18 |
| B60D | Vehicle connections | B60D1/36 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-08-18 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-11 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | DELIZO, STAN signed 2019-01-25 SCHERZINGER, TED signed 2019-01-25 HAN, YEN-LIN signed 2019-01-07 CHONG, AUSTIN signed 2019-02-22 HEUSSY, CHRISTIAN signed 2019-02-11 HOFGAARD, CAROLINE signed 2019-01-17 KHOMENKO, OLEKSIY signed 2019-01-19 SHAMMAMI, PAULINE signed 2019-02-05 SCHAUBLE, KIRSTIN signed 2019-02-07 | PACCAR INC BELLEVUE, WA | 74618/955 | PASDL, file of 2026-08-13 |
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