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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020
Filed:
May. 09, 2018
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
David Michael Herman, Southfield, MI (US);
David A. Herman, Southfield, MI (US);
Stephen Jay Orris, Jr., New Boston, MI (US);
Nunzio DeCia, Northville, MI (US);
David Joseph Orris, Southgate, MI (US);
Nicholas Alexander Scheufler, Flat Rock, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for automated detection of trailer properties. An example vehicle includes an inter-vehicle communication module and an infotainment head unit. The infotainment head unit is configured to detect presence of an attached trailer. The infotainment head unit is also configured to, in response to a determination that the attached trailer is an unrecognized trailer broadcast a request for images via the inter-vehicle communication module, perform semantic segmentation on the images, generate a three dimensional point cloud using the segmented images, and estimate a property of the attached trailer based on the three dimensional point cloud.