Stoneridge Electronics Ab

Dominik Marx

John S Germaine

Darren Andrew Schumacher

John Couperthwaite

Stuart Adams

Nathan Schuler

Troy Otis Cooprider

Liang Ma

Rahul Mangharam

Susan Kolinski

Tom Agnello

Bradley J Corrodi

Po-Jen Wang

A method of determining a trailer angle includes obtaining a birds-eye view image of a commercial vehicle based on image data from at least one camera mounted to the commercial vehicle that depicts at least one side of the trailer. The commercial vehicle includes a tractor and a trailer. The method also includes determining which of a plurality of lines in the birds-eye view image intersect a predefined pivot region which includes and surrounds a pivot point between the trailer and the tractor, determining a trailer angle of the trailer with respect to the tractor based on at least a first portion of the plurality of lines that intersect the predefined pivot region, and panning a video feed of images from the at least one camera based on the trailer angle. The determining the trailer angle includes excluding a second portion of the plurality of lines that do not intersect the predefined pivot region from the determination of the trailer angle, or weighting the first portion of the plurality of lines greater than the second portion of the plurality of lines in the determination of the trailer angle. A system for a commercial vehicle is also disclosed.

Method and apparatus for determining trailer angle

A camera monitor system including a first mirror replacement assembly including a housing supporting a rear facing camera and a rear facing range sensor, a controller in communication with the mirror replacement assembly, the controller including a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions for identifying at least one object in an image feed from the camera and determining an angular position of the object using image analysis, identifying a distance of the at least one object from the mirror replacement assembly using the range sensor; and fusing the distance and the angular position of the object into a single data set, and a display connected to the controller and configured to display a mirror replacement view including at least a portion of the image feed.

Camera monitor system including integrated range sensor

A driver monitoring system according to an example of the present disclosure includes a camera configured to record images of a driver within a cabin of a vehicle. At least one vehicle sensor is configured to detect an anomalous driving event of the vehicle based on predefined criteria. A controller is in communication with the camera and the at least one vehicle sensor. The controller is configured to, based on the detection, obtain a particular image taken by the camera that depicts the driver during the anomalous event. The controller is configured to transmit the particular image to a fleet manager, store the particular image in a local repository of anomalous driving images, or both.

Mobile device usage monitoring for commercial vehicle fleet management

A camera mirror system for a vehicle includes, among other things, first and second exterior cameras that are configured to provide capture images outside of the vehicle that correspond to legally prescribed views. The system further includes first and second displays within a vehicle cabin that are configured to depict the captured images respectively from the first and second exterior cameras. The system further includes first and second interior cameras that are configured to capture driver images within the vehicle cabin. The first and second interior cameras respectively have first and second interior fields of view that overlap one another in a vehicle driver region within the vehicle cabin, the first display is in the second interior field of view, and the second display is in the first interior field of view. The system further includes a controller that is in communication with the first and second displays and the first and second interior cameras. The controller is configured to monitor a driver activity in the vehicle driver region using the first and second interior cameras. The controller is configured to initiate a calibration procedure in response to a calibration event. The calibration procedure includes first and second displays that respectively depict first and second patterns, and the first and second interior cameras detect respectively the second and first patterns to calibrate the first and second cameras in relation to the vehicle driver region to establish a distance between each of the first and second interior cameras and the second and first patterns respectively.

Camera mirror system display camera calibration

A camera monitoring system has a trailer with trailer components that are responsive to at least one control signal and a wiring harness that is in communication with the trailer components and has a connector that communicates with a tractor. The wiring harness carries the at least one control signal to the trailer components. A sensor is provided on the trailer and generates a sensor signal. A processor is interconnected between the sensor and the wiring harness. The processor transforms the sensor signal for transmission over the wiring harness with the at least one control signal using common wires within the wiring harness. A filter is interconnected between the processor and at least one of the trailer components to filter noise from the at least one control signal.

Trailer camera communications system

A method for operating a vehicle camera system including receiving a first image from at least one video camera, identifying a first object in the first image, determining a distance between a vehicle component and the identified object, modifying the first image by incorporating a human machine interface (HMI) within the first image, wherein the human machine interface includes a display configured to communicate the distance between the object and the vehicle component, and displaying the modified image to a vehicle operator.

Human machine interface for commercial vehicle camera systems

A driver monitoring system includes at least two cameras configured to record images of a driver within a cabin of a vehicle. A first camera is disposed on a driver side of the cabin and a second camera is disposed on a passenger side of the cabin. At least one of the at least two cameras is disposed in a mirror replacement display or in a mirror replacement display location. A controller is in communication with the at least two cameras and is configured to determine a pose of the driver based on images from the at least two cameras. At least one of the images originates from at least one of the first camera and the second camera.

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Novi, MI, United States of America

Dominik Marx