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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2023
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Michael J. Nocket, Frisco, TX (US);
Tyler J. Kass, Hickory Creek, TX (US);
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A vision system for a vehicle-trailer system includes a vehicle-mounted receiver, a pair of spaced-apart vehicle-mounted Wi-Fi antennas, and a dual-antenna trailer-mounted camera system including a Wi-Fi camera configured to transmit waveforms incorporating video data to the receiver via the vehicle-mounted Wi-Fi antennas. The vision system is configured to estimate and apply phase shifts to video signals prior to transmission of the signals to the receiver. This may provide (at the receiver) a video signal having the best signal-to-noise ratio available for any given configuration and position of the trailer with respect to the vehicle, and despite any obstacles blocking line-of-sight for transmission between the camera system antennas and the vehicle Wi-Fi antennas. This may enable the trailer camera to be mounted at a location on the trailer where it can provide the best view of any particular portion of the trailer surroundings.