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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 12049253 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2024

Filed:

Feb. 20, 2023

Vehicular trailer guidance system

Applicant:

Magna Electronics Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);

Inventors:

Jyothi P. Gali, Rochester Hills, MI (US);

Clarence P. McElroy, Grand Blanc, MI (US);

Timothy M. Phillips, Fenton, MI (US);

Theodore J. Church, Ortonville, MI (US);

Assignee:

Magna Electronics Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);

Attorney:

HONIGMAN LLP

Primary Examiner:

Yuri Kan

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 13/06 (2006.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); B60R 1/00 (2022.01); B60R 1/26 (2022.01); B60R 1/27 (2022.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2022.01); G06V 20/20 (2022.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/247 (2006.01); H04N 23/53 (2023.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 15/029 (2013.01); B60Q 9/00 (2013.01); B60R 1/26 (2022.01); B60R 1/27 (2022.01); B62D 15/028 (2013.01); G06V 20/20 (2022.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); H04N 23/53 (2023.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01); B60R 2300/105 (2013.01); B60R 2300/30 (2013.01); B60R 2300/607 (2013.01); B60R 2300/8086 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicular trailer guidance system includes an electronic control unit (ECU), a rear backup camera and a trailer camera disposed at a rear portion of a trailer hitched to the vehicle. A display screen is disposed in the vehicle and viewable by a driver of the vehicle. With the trailer hitched to the vehicle, the display screen is operable to display video images derived from image data captured by the trailer camera. At least in part via processing at the ECU of image data captured by the trailer camera, an instruction that aids maneuvering the vehicle in reverse with the trailer hitched thereto during a reversing maneuver of the vehicle and trailer is generated. During the reversing maneuver of the vehicle and trailer, the display screen displays an alert when angling of the trailer relative to the vehicle approaches a jackknife condition.

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