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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2018
Applicant:
Aisin Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Inventors:
Kazuya Watanabe, Anjo, JP;
Kinji Yamamoto, Anjo, JP;
Assignee:
AISIN CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/00 (2006.01); B60R 1/00 (2022.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01); B62D 13/06 (2006.01); B60R 21/0134 (2006.01); B60R 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 1/003 (2013.01); B60R 11/04 (2013.01); B62D 13/06 (2013.01); B60R 21/0134 (2013.01); B60R 2001/1253 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tow assist apparatus includes a hardware processor to: detect, at a predetermined period, an angle of tilt of a towed vehicle to a towing vehicle towing the towed vehicle, the tilt arising when the towing vehicle moves backward; calculate angle change information representing a temporal change in the detected angle; and output an alarm when the angle change information exceeds a threshold.