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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2022
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Keith Weston, Canton, MI (US);
Michael Alan Mcnees, Flat Rock, MI (US);
Lorne Forsythe, Novi, MI (US);
Andrew Niedert, New Hudson, MI (US);
Francis Aroyehun, Chelmsford, GB;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture to determine the load of a vehicle via camera-based height measurement are disclosed herein. An example vehicle described herein includes a suspension assembly associated with a wheel, a first feature, a first camera, and a processor to execute instructions to capture, via the first camera, a first image including the first feature and a second feature, the first feature and a second feature having a first spatial relationship in the first image, capture, via the first camera, a second image including the first feature and the second feature, the first feature and the second feature having a second spatial relationship in the second image, and determine, based on a difference between the first spatial relationship and the second spatial relationship, a deflection of the suspension assembly.