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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2018
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Li Xu, Northville, MI (US);
Roger Arnold Trombley, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Luke Niewiadomski, Dearborn, MI (US);
Kyle Simmons, New Boston, MI (US);
Kenneth Michael Mayer, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Shannon Brooks-Lehnert, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Seyed Armin Raeis Hosseiny, Canton, MI (US);
Bo Bao, Canton, MI (US);
Katherine Rouen, Livonia, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle hitching assistance system includes a controller identifying a trailer coupler within a specified area relative to the vehicle. The specified area is defined between a maximum distance and a minimum distance from a rear of the vehicle and within left and right lateral vehicle control limits. The controller also outputs a steering signal to the vehicle to cause the vehicle to steer to align a hitch ball of the vehicle with the coupler.