Application of auxiliary lighting in automatic hitch operation

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11964692
APP PUB NO 20230018061A1
SERIAL NO

17950237

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A vehicle hitching assistance system includes a controller executing an initial alignment process including searching for a trailer within a specified area of image data that is less than a total field of the image data in directions corresponding with both a longitudinal distance between the vehicle and the trailer and a lateral direction perpendicular to the longitudinal distance, presenting an indication to a driver of the vehicle to reposition the vehicle when the trailer is not identified within the specified area, and removing the indication when the trailer is identified within the specified area. The controller further executes an automated backing process upon identifying the trailer within the specified area, including identifying a coupler of the trailer and outputting a steering signal to the vehicle to cause the vehicle to steer to align a hitch ball of the vehicle with the coupler of the trailer during reversing.

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FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC1 AMERICAN RD FL4 DEARBORN MI 48126-2701

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bao, Bo Bloomfield, US 32 60
Brooks-Lehnert, Shannon Ann Arbor, US 11 35
Friedlander, Steven Wayne Canton, US 6 12
Ling, Peter Canton, US 7 79
Mayer, Kenneth Michael Ypsilanti, US 21 671
Niewiadomski, Luke Dearborn, US 87 280
Raeis, Hosseiny Seyed Armin Canton, US 28 51
Rogan, Douglas Mountainview, US 18 65
Trombley, Roger Arnold Ann Arbor, US 92 5207
Zhang, Chen South Rockwood, US 745 3564

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