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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2018
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Li Xu, Northville, MI (US);
Kyle Simmons, New Boston, MI (US);
Shannon Brooks-Lehnert, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Katherine Rouen, Livonia, MI (US);
Roger Arnold Trombley, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Bo Bao, Canton, MI (US);
Seyed Armin Raeis Hosseiny, 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 deriving a vehicle path to align a center of a hitch ball of the vehicle with a centerline of a trailer coupler within the image data. The controller also outputs a video image including a representation of a simplified path from the hitch ball to the coupler and outputs a steering signal to cause the vehicle to steer along the vehicle path.