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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2018
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Luke Niewiadomski, Dearborn, MI (US);
Douglas Rogan, Ferndale, MI (US);
Shannon Brooks-Lehnert, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Chen Zhang, South Rockwood, MI (US);
Roger Arnold Trombley, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Peter Ling, Canton, MI (US);
Kenneth Michael Mayer, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Seyed Armin Raeis Hosseiny, Canton, MI (US);
Bo Bao, Canton, MI (US);
Steven Wayne Friedlander, Canton, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle hitching assistance system includes a controller acquiring image data from the vehicle and identifying a trailer within a specified area of the image data and then identifying a coupler of the trailer. The specified area is less than a total field of the image data. The controller then outputs a steering signal to the vehicle to cause the vehicle to steer to align a hitch ball of the vehicle with the coupler.