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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Zheng Hu, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Erick Michael Lavoie, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); B62D 13/06 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 13/06 (2013.01); B60R 11/04 (2013.01); B62D 15/027 (2013.01); G06K 9/00791 (2013.01); G06K 9/00805 (2013.01); G06K 9/4609 (2013.01);
Abstract
A backup assist system for a vehicle and trailer combination includes a steering system, a camera generating an image of the trailer, and a controller. The controller receives the image and identifying a wheel therein, determines a trailer hitch angle using at least one of an aspect ratio or location of the wheel in the image, and implements a trailer backup mode including using the estimated hitch angle in view of a kinematic model of the vehicle and trailer combination to control the steering system in reversing the trailer along a user-selected path.