Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.

Toyota Motor North America, Inc.

Michael J Nocket

Tyler J Kass

Saeed D Heydari

A video interface for signals between a camera and displays, disposed on a vehicle, can include a microcontroller, a first port, and a second port. The microcontroller can be configured to process received signals to produce first digital signals and second digital signals. The received signals can represent images produced by the camera. The first digital signals can be for first representations of the images. The second digital signals can be for second representations of the images. The first port can be configured to be connected to a cable for a first display. The second port can be configured to be connected to a cable for a second display. For example: (1) the first representations can mimic images produced by a reversing camera and (2) the second representations can mimic a view observable in a rearview mirror. The video interface can be configured to be disposed on the vehicle.

Causing a plurality of representations of images, produced by a camera, to be presented on a plurality of displays disposed on a vehicle

A vision system for a vehicle-trailer system includes a vehicle-mounted receiver, a pair of spaced-apart vehicle-mounted Wi-Fi antennas, and a dual-antenna trailer-mounted camera system including a Wi-Fi camera configured to transmit waveforms incorporating video data to the receiver via the vehicle-mounted Wi-Fi antennas. The vision system is configured to estimate and apply phase shifts to video signals prior to transmission of the signals to the receiver. This may provide (at the receiver) a video signal having the best signal-to-noise ratio available for any given configuration and position of the trailer with respect to the vehicle, and despite any obstacles blocking line-of-sight for transmission between the camera system antennas and the vehicle Wi-Fi antennas. This may enable the trailer camera to be mounted at a location on the trailer where it can provide the best view of any particular portion of the trailer surroundings.

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Frisco, TX, United States of America

Michael J Nocket