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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2017
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Luke Niewiadomski, Hamtramck, MI (US);
Roger Arnold Trombley, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Dongran Liu, San Jose, CA (US);
Yi Zhang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Douglas Rogan, Detroit, MI (US);
Chen Zhang, Canton, MI (US);
Shannon Brooks-Lehnert, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Vidya Nariyambut murali, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A hitch assist system and method are provided herein. A human machine interface is configured to receive user-input specifying a target travel direction of a vehicle. A controller is configured to generate commands for autonomously maneuvering the vehicle in the target travel direction, identify a hitch coupler of a trailer based on input received from an object detection system, and request additional user-input updating the target travel direction if the hitch coupler is unable to be identified.