Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Device and method for calculating a vehicle trailer pose using a camera
-
Application No.: US17014147Application Date: 2020-09-08
-
Publication No.: US11341678B2Publication Date: 2022-05-24
- Inventor: Yonggang Jin
- Applicant: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
- Applicant Address: DE Hannover
- Assignee: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
- Current Assignee: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
- Current Assignee Address: DE Hannover
- Priority: EP18160840 20180309
- Main IPC: G06T7/73
- IPC: G06T7/73 ; H04N5/225

Abstract:
A device for calculating a vehicle trailer pose using a camera is disclosed, including: a camera arranged offset from a tow bar position of the vehicle and configured to capture an image of the trailer; a memory which is configured to provide data at least one intrinsic parameter of the camera; at least one extrinsic parameter of the camera; at least one predefined tow bar position; and a first image from the camera showing the vehicle trailer at a first pose wherein the camera captures a second image showing the trailer at a pose to be determined; a processor configured to provide image analysis and determine at least one feature correspondence between the first image and the second image and calculate a change in the trailer pose between a first pose of the first image and a second pose of the second image based on the determined correspondence.
Information query