Parking Assistance System for Long Truck-Trailer Combinations using Low-Cost GNSS Sensors

This project consists of the development and pilot demonstration of a precise navigation system for trucks with trailers that makes reverse parking safe and simple. The aim of the project is to stimulate more frequent use of long truck-trailer combinations, increasing their safety by enhancing the information given to the driver, permitting a higher amount of freight tonnage per truck and per driver, reducing costs in personnel and fuel, as well as emissions and environmental impact. The service should also permit inexperienced drivers to practice the process of reverse parking, improving their accuracy and timing. The actors intended for the use of the system are: Truck and trailer manufacturers; Truck drivers; Logistics and transportation companies. By the use of Multi-GNSS (GPS + GLONASS + Galileo) and the tight coupling of GNSS and inertial sensors, the system allows the acquisition of globally available, free, weather independent and precise (with appropriate processing algorithms) real time positioning and attitude information.