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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2023
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Seyed Armin Raeis Hosseiny, Canton, MI (US);
Bo Bao, Bloomfield, MI (US);
Luke Niewiadomski, Dearborn, MI (US);
Roger Arnold Trombley, Ann Arbor, 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 controller that identifies at least one of the trailer or a coupling feature of the trailer within image data and determines that the at least one of the trailer or the coupling feature is outside of a target position area relative to the vehicle and outputs an instruction for movement of the vehicle determined to position the one of the trailer or the coupling feature within the target position area in response to identifying at least one indication of a user difficulty in positioning the one of the trailer or the coupling feature within the target position area.