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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2021
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Yu Ling, Canton, MI (US);
Chen Zhang, San Jose, CA (US);
Luke Niewiadomski, Hamtramck, MI (US);
Erick Michael Lavoie, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for identifying a trailer connection for a vehicle includes storing a plurality of connection configurations as saved configurations. The connection configurations identify a hitch compatibility of a coupler of a trailer to a hitch assembly. The method further comprises capturing image data depicting the hitch assembly and processing the image data. Based on the processing of the image data, the method further identifies a detected hitch configuration of the hitch assembly as a first hitch configuration of the saved configurations.