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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2008

Filed:

Feb. 04, 2005
Applicant:

Jingsheng Yu, Northville, MI (US);

Inventor:

Jingsheng Yu, Northville, MI (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/00 (2006.01); G62D 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A system and method of detecting a vehicle trailer. The method includes sensing a first vehicle condition that indicates a movement of the vehicle, and sensing a second vehicle condition that indicates an angle of the vehicle. The method also includes determining a disturbance from the movement and the angle of the vehicle, and detecting a trailer presence when the determined disturbance is above a threshold.


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