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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2019
Applicant:
Conti Temic Microelectronic Gmbh, Nuremberg, DE;
Inventor:
Guenter Anton Fendt, Schrobenhausen, DE;
Assignee:
Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH, Nuremberg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 1/00 (2006.01); B60D 1/18 (2006.01); B60D 1/58 (2006.01); B60W 40/105 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 1/00 (2013.01); B60D 1/18 (2013.01); B60D 1/58 (2013.01); B60W 40/105 (2013.01); B60R 2300/802 (2013.01); B60R 2300/8066 (2013.01); B60W 2554/80 (2020.02);
Abstract
A method of performing a towing process by a towing vehicle () involves activating a towing mode (S) and adapting a vehicle speed of the towing vehicle to a towing speed (S). A camera system () for recognizing a towing process includes at least one camera () arranged on the rear of a vehicle, for detecting at least one sub-region located behind the vehicle, and an image processing device () configured to recognize a towing device () in detected image data, whereby a towing mode may be activated and/or terminated.