Patent ID: 9499018
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: B60D,B60Q,B60R,B62D,G05D,G06K,G06T,H04N

Claim Text:
1. Method of guiding a vehicle having a hitch connector to a trailer having a trailer coupler comprising: generating video images with a vehicle video camera mounted at a rear of the vehicle; receiving the video images at an electronic control unit including a processor and a memory; displaying the video images that include the trailer coupler and the trailer; analyzing the video images with the processor to determine a distance from the hitch connector of the vehicle to the trailer coupler; analyzing the video images with the processor to determine a height of the hitch connector of the vehicle, a height of the trailer coupler of the trailer, and the relative height difference between the hitch connector of the vehicle and the trailer coupler of the trailer; and assisting in guiding the vehicle to a trailer coupling position.