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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2017
Applicant:
Volkswagen Ag, Wolfsburg, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Volkswagen AG, , DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/02 (2006.01); B60D 1/62 (2006.01); B60W 10/18 (2012.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); B60D 1/36 (2006.01); B60W 10/20 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2012.01); B60D 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0253 (2013.01); B60D 1/36 (2013.01); B60D 1/62 (2013.01); B60W 10/18 (2013.01); B60W 10/20 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); G05D 1/0219 (2013.01); G05D 1/0223 (2013.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); B60D 1/06 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2420/42 (2013.01); B60W 2710/18 (2013.01); B60W 2710/20 (2013.01); B60W 2720/10 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10016 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30241 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30252 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for assisting a process of coupling a vehicle to a towed object, in particular, a trailer, including detecting an object position of a coupling element of the towed object which is suitable for coupling to a mating coupling element of the vehicle, determining a travel path of the vehicle for reaching a target position, wherein the vehicle is positioned in the target position so the coupling element and the mating coupling element are couplable. Also disclosed is an assistance system for assisting a process of coupling a vehicle.