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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2022
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Andrew Denis Lewandowski, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Jordan Barrett, Milford, MI (US);
Brendan Francis Diamond, Grosse Pointe, MI (US);
Keith Weston, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 13/00 (2006.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01); G06T 7/62 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); H04W 4/44 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 13/005 (2013.01); G06T 7/62 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); H04W 4/44 (2018.02); B62D 15/025 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30256 (2013.01);
Abstract
Orientations of a vehicle with an attached trailer can be specified for obtaining respective images of the trailer. Respective images of the trailer captured by a vehicle camera at the specified orientations can then be received. The images can be input to a machine learning program trained to output trailer size metrics. The vehicle can then be controlled according to the trailer size metrics output from the machine learning program.