Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Overhead view for hitch connection
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Application No.: US15035328Application Date: 2014-11-18
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Publication No.: US09889714B2Publication Date: 2018-02-13
- Inventor: Jeffrey Allen Bochenek , Jonathan Charles Diedrich , Mark Gehrke , Gunter Rottner
- Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
- Applicant Address: DE Stuttgart
- Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
- Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
- Current Assignee Address: DE Stuttgart
- Agency: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2014/066060 WO 20141118
- International Announcement: WO2015/074016 WO 20150521
- Main IPC: B60D1/36
- IPC: B60D1/36 ; B60D1/62 ; B60R1/00 ; B60D1/06 ; B60D1/46 ; B60Q9/00

Abstract:
Systems and methods for using a hitch connection system to attach a vehicle to a trailer. The hitch connection system includes at feast one camera and a controller. The camera is configured to collect snags data of a vehicle hitch and a trailer coupler. The controller is configured to generate an overhead view image based on the image data. The controller is farther configured to calculate a relative height between the vehicle hitch and the trailer coupler based on the image data and generate an alert when the relative height is less ton a predetermined threshold.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160272024A1 OVERHEAD VIEW FOR HITCH CONNECTION Public/Granted day:2016-09-22
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