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Patent No.:

US 10127459 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018

Filed:

Nov. 15, 2016

Trailer type identification system

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:

Franklin MacKenzie

Price Heneveld LLP

Primary Examiner:

Gandhi Thirugnanam

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.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Hu, Zheng. (2018). Trailer type identification system (U.S. Patent No. 10127459). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10127459

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