公开(公告)号：US20220342038A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-27

申请号：US17238753

申请日：2021-04-23

Applicant: Denso Corporation

Inventor： Eric James Armbruster ,  Yasuyuki Miyake ,  Seiya Fujitsu

IPC: G01S7/41 ,  G01S13/931

Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to automatically determining the size of a trailer being towed by a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes, responsive to determining that a trailer is aligned with a towing vehicle, analyzing radar returns from a radar of the towing vehicle to identify radar features within an area behind the towing vehicle. The method includes determining a trailer size of the trailer from the radar features. The method includes adjusting operation of the towing vehicle according to the trailer size.