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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2017
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ebrahim Nasser, Dearborn, MI (US);
Conrad M. Smith, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Kenneth J. Snarski, Chesterfield, MI (US);
Scott Howard Gaboury, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Method and apparatus are disclosed for synchronous short range radars for automatic trailer detection. An example radar module for a vehicle includes a radar, and a controller coupled to memory. The controller measures, with the radar, a target area proximate the vehicle. Based on the measurements, the controller determines clutter and trailer connection states. The controller sends a clutter message on a data bus indicative of the clutter state, and sends a connection message based on either (a) the trailer connection state or (b) clutter and trailer connection states of another radar module.