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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2021
Paccar Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);
Stanley W DeLizo, Lynnwood, WA (US);
Ian David O'Connor, Seattle, WA (US);
August Avantaggio, Kent, WA (US);
Kyle Christopher Wynn Johnson, Vancouver, WA (US);
PACCAR Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure describes systems and methods for automated determination of certain physical characteristics of a trailer in a tractor-trailer truck and positional arrangement between the trailer and tractor of the truck. The technology may include a camera mounted on the tractor to acquire an image of at least a rear portion of the trailer; a sensor configured to acquire information relating to the trailer angle; a processor configured to determine a position of the rear portion of the trailer in the image, and determine the length of the trailer based at least in part on the determined position of the rear portion of the trailer in the image and the information relating to the trailer angle.