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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2013
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Shane Elwart, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
John Shutko, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Kenneth Michael Mayer, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Roger Arnold Trombley, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Christopher Nave, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A system includes a processor configured to receive a trailer image. The processor is also configured to identify an axle in the trailer image and identify a tongue-end in the trailer image. Further, the processor is configured to receive a tire image, including a wheel diameter provided on a tire. The processor is additionally configured to retrieve the wheel diameter from the tire image. The processor is also configured to identify a wheel, having an indentified diameter corresponding to the wheel diameter, in the first image. Additionally, the processor is configured to calculate a distance from the axle to the tongue-end using the identified diameter.