Patent ID: 11967237
Assignee: nan
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A blind spot warning method for a tow vehicle, the method comprising:
determining, at data processing hardware, whether a trailer is connected to the tow vehicle;
determining, at the data processing hardware based on the determination whether the trailer is connected to the tow vehicle, whether a blind spot zone corresponds to the tow vehicle or to the tow vehicle and the trailer;
sending, from the data processing hardware to a user interface of the tow vehicle, at least one instruction for displaying a first image for viewing by a driver of the tow vehicle;
wherein the displayed first image comprises a graphic representation of the tow vehicle, a graphic representation of the trailer, a graphic representation of a first other vehicle disposed adjacent the graphic representation of the tow vehicle, and a graphic representation of a second other vehicle disposed adjacent the graphic representation of this trailer, this displayed first image corresponding to there being no vehicle detected in this blind spot zone;
detecting, at the data processing hardware, another vehicle in the bland spot zone;
if the trailer is determined to be connected to the tow vehicle, sending at lent one second instruction from the data processing hardware to the user interface to change in the displayed first image the graphic representation of the tow vehicle, the graphic representation of the trailer and the graphic representation of the second other vehicle without changing in the displayed first image the graphic representation of the first other vehicle, the sending being responsive to the detection of the another vehicle in the blind spot zone, rind the change in the graphic representations indicating that the trailer is connected to the tow vehicle and the another vehicle is in the blind spot zone corresponding to the tow vehicle and the trailer; and
if the trailer is determined not to be connected to the tow vehicle, sending at least one third instruction from the data processing hardware to the user interface to change in the displayed first image the graphic representation of the tow vehicle and the graphic representation of the first other vehicle without changing in the displayed first image the graphic representation of the trailer and the graphic representation of the second other vehicle, the sending being responsive to the detection of the another vehicle in the blind spot zone, and the change in the graphic representations of the tow vehicle and of the first other vehicle indicating that the trailer is not connected to the tow vehicle and the another vehicle is in the blind spot corresponding to the tow vehicle.