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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2019
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Luke Niewiadomski, Dearborn, MI (US);
Robert Bell, New Hudson, MI (US);
Roger Trombley, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Douglas Rogan, Mountain View, CA (US);
Nikhil Nagraj Rao, Cupertino, CA (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A system for assisting in aligning a vehicle for hitching with a trailer includes a vehicle steering system, a detection system outputting a signal including object position information of an area to a rear of the vehicle, and a controller. The controller receiving the object position data and identifying a targeted trailer and at least one additional object within the area to the rear of the vehicle and controlling the vehicle steering system to maneuver the vehicle during reversing to align a hitch ball mounted on the vehicle to a coupler of the targeted trailer. Upon aligning the hitch ball with the coupler, the controller presents an indication, if it is determined that the at least one additional object is within a threshold distance of a side of the targeted trailer.