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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2020
Continental Automotive Systems, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Nizar Ahamed, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Abdulwahab Alkeilani, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Luis Enrique Guerra Fernandez, Oakleigh, AU;
Continental Autonomous Mobility US, LLC, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle trailer assist system is configured to display a plurality of target areas to a vehicle operator for the vehicle operator to select. The vehicle operator selects a target area on a trailer for tracking and using in determining a relative orientation with the vehicle. The system records selected target area and determines a relative orientation between a trailer and a tow vehicle based on a relative position between the features in the selected target area on the trailer and the tow vehicle.