Overhead view for hitch connection

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9889714
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15035328

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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.

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ROBERT BOSCH GMBHPOSTFACH 30 02 20 70442 STUTTGART GERMANY
ROBERT BOSCH LLC2800 SOUTH 25TH AVENUE BROADVIEW IL 60155

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bochenek, Jeffrey Allen Milford, US 5 132
Diedrich, Jonathan Charles Carleton, US 3 58
Gehrke, Mark Ypsilanti, US 20 237
Rottner, Gunter Wixom, US 6 124

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