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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2016
Applicant:
Aptiv Technologies Limited, St. Michael, BB;
Inventors:
Premchand Krishna Prasad, Carmel, IN (US);
Robert J. Cashler, Kokomo, IN (US);
Assignee:
APTIV TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED, , BB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/12 (2012.01); G01S 13/87 (2006.01); G01S 13/88 (2006.01); G08G 1/0962 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2012.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01); G01S 7/41 (2006.01); G01S 13/93 (2006.01); G01S 13/86 (2006.01); G01S 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/12 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); G01S 7/411 (2013.01); G01S 13/878 (2013.01); G01S 13/88 (2013.01); G08G 1/0962 (2013.01); G08G 1/167 (2013.01); B60W 2300/14 (2013.01); G01S 13/865 (2013.01); G01S 13/867 (2013.01); G01S 13/931 (2013.01); G01S 2013/9332 (2013.01); G01S 2013/9353 (2013.01); G01S 2013/9378 (2013.01); G01S 2013/9385 (2013.01);
Abstract
A blind-spot detection system includes an angle-detector, a radar-sensor, and a controller. The angle-sensor is used to determine a trailer-angle relative to a host-vehicle of a trailer being towed by the host-vehicle. The radar-sensor is used to detect an other-vehicle present in a blind-zone proximate to the host-vehicle. The controller is in communication with the angle-detector and the radar-sensor. The controller is configured to adjust a sensing-boundary that defines the blind-zone based on the trailer-angle.