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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2015
Robert Bosch Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Mark Gehrke, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
James Stephen Miller, Dexter, MI (US);
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A method and system for guiding a vehicle having a hitch connector to a trailer operates with a monocular vehicle video camera secured to a rear of the vehicle. In operation, the vehicle video camera generates video images from a rearward direction of the vehicle that are displayed. An electronic control unit including a processor is configured to: receive and display the video images, analyze the video images to confirm the location of a trailer coupler, analyze the video images to determine distance from a hitch connector of the vehicle to the trailer coupler, analyze the video images to determine height of the hitch connector of the vehicle, height of the trailer coupler of the trailer, and the relative height difference between the hitch connector of the vehicle and the trailer coupler of the trailer, and assist in guiding the vehicle to a trailer coupling position.