Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicular trailer hitching assist system with determination of location of hitch
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Application No.: US17655383Application Date: 2022-03-18
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Publication No.: US11756230B2Publication Date: 2023-09-12
- Inventor: Nikhil Gupta , Galina Okouneva , Hilda Faraji , Jyothi P. Gali
- Applicant: Magna Electronics Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MI Auburn Hills
- Assignee: Magna Electronics Inc.
- Current Assignee: Magna Electronics Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Auburn Hills
- Agency: HONIGMAN LLP
- Main IPC: H04N7/18
- IPC: H04N7/18 ; G06T7/73 ; B60R11/04 ; B60R11/00 ; B60R1/00 ; B60D1/36

Abstract:
A vehicular trailer hitching assist system includes a camera disposed at a rear portion of a vehicle and viewing a trailer hitch disposed at the vehicle. Responsive to processing at an electronic control unit (ECU) of frames of image data captured by the camera, a feature of the trailer hitch is detected. The system, at least in part via processing at the ECU of at least one frame of image data captured by the camera, determines a ground location at the ground below the detected feature of the trailer hitch, and determines a location of the trailer hitch at the vehicle. The vehicle is maneuvered toward a trailer for hitching the trailer to the trailer hitch of the vehicle based at least in part on (i) the determined location of the trailer hitch and (ii) the height of the detected feature of the trailer hitch above the ground location.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220207767A1 VEHICULAR TRAILER HITCHING ASSIST SYSTEM WITH DETERMINATION OF LOCATION OF HITCH Public/Granted day:2022-06-30
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