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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2021
Saf-holland Gmbh, Bessenbach, DE;
Bernd Brunsch, Dreieich, DE;
Mark Hartmann, Heigenbrücken, DE;
Mario Sebastian Köster, Bodman-Ludwigshafen, DE;
SAF-HOLLAND GmbH, Bessenbach, DE;
Abstract
A method for ascertaining an orientation of a trailer relative to a tractor vehicle, wherein the tractor vehicle comprises a detection device which detects a first object region on the trailer and a second object region on the trailer, including recording the first and second regions by the one detection device, providing the recording to an evaluation device, assigning first and second information items to the first and second regions, and determining the orientation of the trailer relative to the tractor vehicle on the basis of the first and second information items by the evaluation device, wherein the evaluation device is configured for recognition in the first and/or second object regions, wherein the component located inside the first and/or second object regions comprises a supporting jack and/or a supporting jack base and/or a reinforcing cross and/or a connecting shaft.