公开(公告)号：US20190255998A1

公开(公告)日：2019-08-22

申请号：US16333805

申请日：2017-08-08

Applicant: Connaught Electronics Ltd.

Inventor： Brian Finan ,  Alan Hanniffy

IPC: B60R1/00 ,  B60R1/12 ,  H04N5/247 ,  H04N5/445

Abstract: The operation of combinations of a vehicle and a trailer is to be rendered safer. For this purpose a method for reproducing images from backward cameras of a combination of a vehicle and a trailer is suggested. A first image (RV) from a first backward camera, which is arranged on the vehicle, and a second image (TR) from a second backward camera are simultaneously reproduced on a display unit in the vehicle. For the reproduction a predeterminable window (F) of the display unit is used in order to represent exclusively the second image (TR) from the second camera of the trailer.

公开(公告)号：US10682954B2

公开(公告)日：2020-06-16

申请号：US16333805

申请日：2017-08-08

Applicant: Connaught Electronics Ltd.

Inventor： Brian Finan ,  Alan Hanniffy

IPC: B60R1/00 ,  B60R1/12 ,  H04N5/247 ,  H04N5/445 ,  H04N7/18

Abstract: The operation of combinations of a vehicle and a trailer is to be rendered safer. For this purpose a method for reproducing images from backward cameras of a combination of a vehicle and a trailer is suggested. A first image (RV) from a first backward camera, which is arranged on the vehicle, and a second image (TR) from a second backward camera are simultaneously reproduced on a display unit in the vehicle. For the reproduction a predeterminable window (F) of the display unit is used in order to represent exclusively the second image (TR) from the second camera of the trailer.

公开(公告)号：US20200079164A1

公开(公告)日：2020-03-12

申请号：US16566165

申请日：2019-09-10

Applicant: Connaught Electronics Ltd.

Inventor： Brian Finan ,  Mark Moran

IPC: B60D1/24 ,  G08B21/18 ,  G06T7/70 ,  H04N5/247 ,  G06T7/80 ,  G06T7/55

Abstract: A method operable in a towing vehicle for determining a state of a trailer being towed by said towing vehicle is disclosed. The vehicle comprises a front facing and a rear facing image capturing device and the method comprises determining respective distances of the rear facing image capturing device and the front facing image capturing device from a surface on which the vehicle lies. Responsive to one or both of: the distance of the rear image capturing device being outside a first threshold, and the distance of the front image capturing device being outside a second threshold, a value indicative the state of the towed trailer is output.