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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2020
Continental Automotive Systems, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Eduardo Jose Ramirez Llanos, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Xin Yu, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Matthew Berkemeier, Beverly Hills, MI (US);
Continental Autonomous Mobility US, LLC, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for determining a position of a tow ball in an image. The method includes obtaining at least one real-time image from a vehicle. The at least one real-time image is processed with a controller on the vehicle to obtain a feature patch (f) describing at least one real-time image. A convolution is performed of the feature patch (f) and each filter (h) from a set of filters (H) with the filter (h) being based on data representative of known tow hitches fixed to the vehicle. A location of a tow ball on the tow hitch is identified in the at least one real-time image is based on the convolution between the feature patch (f) and each filter (h) from the set of filters (H).