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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10955540 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021

Filed:

Dec. 13, 2017

Detection system

Applicant:

Aptiv Technologies Limited, St. Michael, BB;

Inventors:

Yu Wang, Troy, MI (US);

Liang Ma, Rochester Hills, MI (US);

Robert J. Cashler, Kokomo, IN (US);

Assignee:

Aptiv Technologies Limited, St. Michael, BB;

Attorney:

Colby Nipper PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Whitney Moore

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/08 (2006.01); G01S 17/08 (2006.01); G01S 7/48 (2006.01); G01S 7/41 (2006.01); G01S 13/88 (2006.01); G01S 7/292 (2006.01); G01S 13/87 (2006.01); B60D 1/24 (2006.01); G01S 17/87 (2020.01); G01S 17/88 (2006.01); G01S 13/931 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/08 (2013.01); B60D 1/245 (2013.01); G01S 7/2927 (2013.01); G01S 7/411 (2013.01); G01S 7/412 (2013.01); G01S 7/4802 (2013.01); G01S 13/878 (2013.01); G01S 13/88 (2013.01); G01S 17/08 (2013.01); G01S 17/87 (2013.01); G01S 17/88 (2013.01); G01S 2013/9323 (2020.01); G01S 2013/93272 (2020.01);
Abstract

A detection system includes a ranging-sensor and a controller-circuit. The ranging-sensor is configured to detect objects proximate to a host-vehicle. The controller-circuit is in communication with the ranging-sensor. The controller-circuit is configured to determine that a trailer is being towed by the host-vehicle and determine a trailer-distance between the host-vehicle and a front of the trailer based on a distance to a first-group of objects detected by the ranging-sensor. The first-group is characterized by a first-distance indicated by the ranging-sensor. The controller-circuit determines an axle-distance between the front of the trailer and a trailer-axle based on a second-group of objects. The second-group is characterized by a second-distance indicated by the ranging-sensor. The controller-circuit determines a trailer-length based on the trailer-distance and the axle-distance.

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