Patent ID: 11941843
Assignee: CONTINENTAL AUTONOMOUS MOBILITY US, LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC G

Claim 12:
13. A trailer identification assembly comprising:
a camera for capturing images of a trailer; and
a controller located in a vehicle and comprising at least one processor configured for:
obtaining at least one real-time image from the camera on the vehicle;
processing the at least one real-time image with the at least one processor on the vehicle to obtain a feature patch describing the at least one real-time image;
performing, by the at least one processor, a convolution of the feature patch and a set of filters with the set of filters being based on data representative of known trailers;
determining, by the at least one processor, a location of the trailer in the at least one real-time image is based on the convolution between the feature patch and each filter from the set of filters; and
at least one of sending, by the at least one microprocessor, and determined trailer location to a vehicle display for displaying the determined location of the trailer, or using, by the at least one microprocessor, the determined location of the trailer in a trailer assist operation,
wherein determining the location of the trailer includes utilizing an algorithm on the at least one processor that identifies a location of highest probability of the location of the trailer, and
wherein the at least one real time image includes consecutive real-time images and the at least one processor is configured to reduce a search area of the consecutive real-time images including comparing the consecutive real-time images to identify areas with objects that did not move between the consecutive images and searching the areas with objects that did not move when the vehicle is moving and the connected trailer are aligned.