Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hitch assist system with hitch coupler identification feature and hitch coupler height estimation
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Application No.: US15708427Application Date: 2017-09-19
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Publication No.: US10363874B2Publication Date: 2019-07-30
- Inventor: Yi Zhang , Eric Hongtei Tseng , Mohsen Lakehal-ayat , Thomas Edward Pilutti
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Price Heneveld LLP
- Agent Raymond Coppiellie
- Main IPC: B60R1/00
- IPC: B60R1/00 ; G06T7/11 ; G06T7/13 ; G06T7/60 ; B60D1/36 ; B60D1/06 ; G06F3/0488
Abstract:
A hitch assist system and method are provided herein. An imager captures one or more images of a trailer having a hitch coupler. A user-input device is provided for specifying a location of the hitch coupler in the one or more captured images. A controller generates an image patch around the user-specified location, segments the image patch to identify the hitch coupler, and estimates a trailer height based on a height and projective geometry of the imager.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190084479A1 HITCH ASSIST SYSTEM WITH HITCH COUPLER IDENTIFICATION FEATURE AND HITCH COUPLER HEIGHT ESTIMATION Public/Granted day:2019-03-21
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