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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2019
Magna Electronics Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Yuesheng Lu, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Krishna Koravadi, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Vivek Vaid, South Lyon, MI (US);
Joshua G. Windeler, Grand Blanc, MI (US);
Heinz A. Mattern, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicular surround vision system includes a plurality of vehicle cameras disposed at a vehicle and having respective fields of view exterior the vehicle, a trailer camera disposed at a rear of a trailer and having a field of view rearward of the trailer, and a display device in the vehicle. An electronic control unit (ECU) receives image data captured by the plurality of vehicle cameras. The display device displays surround view images responsive to the ECU. With the trailer hitched to the vehicle, the ECU receives image data captured by the trailer camera and the display device displays surround view images responsive to the ECU, with the displayed surround view images derived from image data captured by the trailer camera and at least some of the vehicle cameras.