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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2020
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Kyle Simmons, New Boston, MI (US);
Luke Niewiadomski, Dearborn, MI (US);
Roger Trombley, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Frederic Christen, Walhorn, BE;
Christoph Kessler, Langerwehe, DE;
Katherine Rouen, Livonia, MI (US);
Erick Michael Lavoie, Van Buren Charter Township, MI (US);
Hamid M. Golgiri, Livonia, MI (US);
Bruno Sielly Jales Costa, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Nikhil Nagraj Rao, Cupertino, CA (US);
Vidya Nariyambut Murali, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
John Michael Celli, Westland, MI (US);
Frank Golub, Oak Park, MI (US);
Seyed Armin Raeis Hosseiny, Canton, MI (US);
Bo Bao, Bloomfield, MI (US);
Siyuan Ma, Detroit, MI (US);
Hemanth Yadav Aradhyula, Dearborn, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A system for assisting in aligning a vehicle for hitching with a trailer includes a vehicle steering system, a wireless communication module, a detection system outputting a signal including scene data of an area to a rear of the vehicle, and a controller. The controller receives, via the wireless communication module, an automated hitching initiation command from an external wireless device, receives the scene data and identifying the trailer within the area to the rear of the vehicle, derives a backing path to align a hitch ball mounted on the vehicle to a coupler of the trailer, and controls the vehicle steering system to maneuver the vehicle including reversing along the backing path.