Patent ID: 11904778
Assignee: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 17:
18. A vehicular trailer assist system, the vehicular trailer assist system comprising:
a rear backup camera disposed at a rear portion of a vehicle equipped with the vehicular trailer assist system, the rear backup camera viewing exterior and at least rearward of the vehicle, wherein at least a hitching portion of a trailer hitched to the vehicle is viewed by the rear backup camera;
a display disposed in the vehicle and viewable by the driver of the vehicle;
a control comprising electronic circuitry, wherein the electronic circuitry includes a processor operable to process image data captured by the rear backup camera, and wherein the image data captured by the rear backup camera is representative of at least the hitching portion of the trailer hitched to the vehicle;
wherein the control, responsive to processing of the image data captured by the rear backup camera, determines at least one deficiency in a hitch connection between the vehicle and the hitching portion of the trailer, and wherein the at least one deficiency comprises an incorrect locking of the hitching portion of the trailer to a hitch ball of the vehicle; and
wherein the control, responsive to determination of the at least one deficiency, alerts a driver of the vehicle of the determined at least one deficiency in the hitch connection between the vehicle and the hitching portion of the trailer via the display displaying video images derived from the image data captured by the rear backup camera and showing at least the hitching portion of the trailer at the vehicle.