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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
Yu Ling, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60D 1/36 (2006.01); B60R 1/00 (2006.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01); B62D 5/04 (2006.01); B60D 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60D 1/36 (2013.01); B60R 1/003 (2013.01); B60R 11/04 (2013.01); B62D 15/025 (2013.01); B60D 1/06 (2013.01); B60R 2300/808 (2013.01); B62D 5/0463 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle hitch assistance system includes a controller acquiring data from an external portable electronic device including position and orientation data of a trailer, including a coupler thereof, and deriving a vehicle path to align a hitch ball of the vehicle with the coupler using the position and orientation data of at least one of the trailer and the coupler.