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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Zheng Hu, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Nathaniel Abram Rolfes, Detroit, MI (US);
Erick Michael Lavoie, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 1/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); B62D 13/06 (2006.01); G06K 9/62 (2006.01); B60W 10/20 (2006.01); B60W 10/184 (2012.01); B60W 30/095 (2012.01); B60W 50/14 (2012.01); B60W 10/04 (2006.01); G06T 7/12 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00791 (2013.01); B60R 1/00 (2013.01); B60W 10/04 (2013.01); B60W 10/184 (2013.01); B60W 10/20 (2013.01); B60W 30/0953 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B62D 13/06 (2013.01); G06K 9/6202 (2013.01); G06T 7/12 (2017.01); B60R 2300/302 (2013.01); B60R 2300/80 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30252 (2013.01);
Abstract
A trailer type identification system is provided herein. The system includes an imaging device for capturing images of a trailer connected to a vehicle, and a controller for analyzing the captured. The controller identifies vehicle and trailer contours, predicts a trailer type based on detection of a connection between the identified vehicle and trailer contours, and validates the prediction if the identified trailer contour exhibits motion during a vehicle turn event.