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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2020
Continental Advanced Lidar Solutions Us, Llc, Carpinteria, CA (US);
James Hockridge Critchley, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Xin Yu, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Eduardo Jose Ramirez Llanos, Rochester, MI (US);
Continental Autonomous Mobility US, LLC, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for calibrating extrinsic parameters () of a trailer camera () supported by a trailer () attached to a tow vehicle (). The method includes determining a three-dimensional feature map () from one or more vehicle images () received from a camera () supported by the tow vehicle and identifying reference points () within the three-dimensional feature map. The method includes detecting the reference points within one or more trailer images received from the trailer camera after the vehicle and the trailer moved a predefined distance in the forward direction. The method also includes determining a trailer camera location () of the trailer camera () relative to the three-dimensional feature map () and determining a trailer reference point () based on the trailer camera location. The method also includes determining extrinsic parameters () of the trailer camera relative to the trailer reference point.