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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2020
Applicant:
Continental Automotive Systems, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Inventors:
Julien Ip, Madison Heights, MI (US);
Kyle Patrick Carpenter, Clarkston, MI (US);
Xin Yu, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
Continental Autonomous Mobility US, LLC, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/74 (2017.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); G06T 2207/30252 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method determining an angle of a trailer relative to a vehicle. The method includes generating a projection on a trailer with a projector. An image is obtained of the projection on the trailer with a camera. An angle of the trailer relative to a vehicle is determined by comparing the image of the projection with a known pattern of the projection.