公开(公告)号：US10150505B2

公开(公告)日：2018-12-11

申请号：US15095202

申请日：2016-04-11

申请人： Continental Automotive Systems, Inc.

发明人： Brandon Herzog ,  Hao Sun ,  Joyce Chen ,  Ibro Muharemovic

IPC分类号： B62D13/06 ,  B62D13/00 ,  B60D1/36 ,  B60D1/62 ,  B60G17/015 ,  B60R1/00 ,  B60R11/04 ,  B60W30/09 ,  B62D15/02 ,  G06K9/00

摘要： A hitch assist system for a vehicle comprises a camera mounted to view a reverse path of a vehicle, an input device connected for the hitch assist system, and a controller. The controller includes instructions for detecting a trailer proximate to a vehicle with the camera, determining a vehicle hitch ball location, determining a trailer hitch location, and calculating a vehicle path from an initial position to a final position. The vehicle hitch ball is laterally aligned with the trailer hitch in the final position. The controller also includes instructions for calculating the steering and braking maneuvers necessary to move the vehicle along the path to the final position and sending instructions to a vehicle steering system and a vehicle brake system to perform the calculated maneuvers.

公开(公告)号：US20180346025A1

公开(公告)日：2018-12-06

申请号：US16000918

申请日：2018-06-06

申请人： Daniel Robert Shepard

发明人： Daniel Robert Shepard

IPC分类号： B62D13/06 ,  B60D1/06 ,  B62D13/02 ,  B60D1/24 ,  B60D1/36 ,  G07C5/00 ,  B60D1/30

摘要： The present invention relates to entering data into a trailer backup guidance system. In particular, the present invention relates to storing data in the components of a trailer backup guidance system corresponding to a plurality of trailer and vehicle combinations to better facilitate sharing those components across a plurality of trailers and vehicles.

公开(公告)号：US10073451B2

公开(公告)日：2018-09-11

申请号：US15226351

申请日：2016-08-02

申请人： DENSO International America, Inc. ,  DENSO CORPORATION

发明人： Kevin J. Dotzler ,  Jason Graves ,  Bryan Wells

IPC分类号： G05D1/00 ,  G05D1/02 ,  B60D1/36 ,  B60D1/26 ,  B60D1/24 ,  G01C21/34

CPC分类号： G05D1/0055 ,  B60D1/248 ,  B60D1/26 ,  B60D1/36 ,  B60D1/62 ,  G01C21/3415 ,  G01C21/3461 ,  G05D1/0022 ,  G05D1/0027 ,  G05D1/0246 ,  G05D1/028 ,  G05D1/0287 ,  G05D2201/0213

摘要： The present disclosure provides a safety verifying system for a tractor-trailer combination. The system includes a trailer-data storing portion, a wireless reader, a determining portion, and a controlling portion. The trailer-data storing portion is disposed in a trailer that is to be towed by a tractor. The trailer-data storing portion stores first data associated with the trailer. The wireless reader retrieves the first data from the trailer-data storing portion. The determining portion determines whether the combination of the trailer and the tractor satisfies a safety requirement based on the first data retrieved by the wireless reader and second data associated with the tractor or an intended route to a destination of the trailer. The controlling portion controls operation of the tractor based on a result of the determining portion.

公开(公告)号：US10005329B2

公开(公告)日：2018-06-26

申请号：US15846825

申请日：2017-12-19

申请人： Cal M. Phillips

发明人： Cal M. Phillips

IPC分类号： B60D1/02 ,  B60D1/36

CPC分类号： B60D1/025 ,  B60D1/36 ,  B60D1/58

摘要： At a given insertion depth (D) of a drawbar (22, 60) in a trailer hitch receiver tube (24, 68), a pin arm (26, 56, 74) attached to the drawbar extends forward beside the receiver tube and holds a captive pin (21, 51, 76) beside a pin receiving hole (30, 71) in the receiver tube. A spring (36) urges the captive pin into the pin receiving hole to retain the drawbar in the receiver tube. The pin arm may be attached to the drawbar via a crossbar (40, 70, 73). Receiver tubes of different sizes (24, 68) may be accommodated by a drawbar size adapter (62) that slips over the drawbar, enlarging it, and by a vertical adjustment mechanism (83) for the pin arm (74) that aligns the pin with the pin receiving hole in either a smaller (24) receiver tube or a larger (68) receiver tube.

公开(公告)号：US20180147900A1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-31

申请号：US15881540

申请日：2018-01-26

申请人： UUSI, LLC

发明人： David W. Shank ,  Josh Goulet

IPC分类号： B60D1/36 ,  B62D15/02 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G05D1/02 ,  B60R16/037 ,  B60R25/25 ,  G06T5/00 ,  G06T7/60 ,  G06T7/13 ,  G06T7/90 ,  G06T7/11

CPC分类号： B60D1/36 ,  B60D1/62 ,  B60R16/0373 ,  B60R25/25 ,  B60R25/257 ,  B60R2325/101 ,  B60R2325/103 ,  B60R2325/105 ,  B60R2325/205 ,  B62D15/025 ,  B62D15/0285 ,  G05D1/0088 ,  G05D1/0212 ,  G05D1/0225 ,  G05D1/0246 ,  G05D2201/0213 ,  G06K9/00805 ,  G06K9/3216 ,  G06T5/002 ,  G06T7/11 ,  G06T7/13 ,  G06T7/60 ,  G06T7/73 ,  G06T7/90 ,  G06T2207/10016 ,  G06T2207/10024 ,  G06T2207/30204 ,  G06T2207/30252

摘要： A vehicle trailer connect system and automated parking system for use with a motor vehicle. Apparatus of the system has an input for obtaining information from a vehicle communication bus; an output for sending information to a vehicle communications bus; a control circuit for controlling the position and movement of a motor vehicle; an image gathering system to obtain visual or spatial data between a motor vehicle hitch and a hitch receiver attached to the trailer. A system controller guides vehicle steering as the vehicle is backed through a field of view of the image gathering system.

公开(公告)号：US09950758B2

公开(公告)日：2018-04-24

申请号：US14489323

申请日：2014-09-17

申请人： General Electric Company

发明人： Raymond Ka Lok Fong ,  Robert Allen Baten

IPC分类号： B60D1/36 ,  B62D63/08 ,  B62D53/04 ,  G01S17/08 ,  G01S17/93 ,  B60D1/62 ,  B60D1/64 ,  F01D15/10 ,  F02C7/36 ,  F01D21/00 ,  F01D25/28

CPC分类号： B62D63/08 ,  B60D1/36 ,  B60D1/62 ,  B60D1/64 ,  B62D53/04 ,  F01D15/10 ,  F01D21/003 ,  F01D25/285 ,  F02C7/36 ,  F05D2240/90 ,  F05D2260/403 ,  G01S17/08 ,  G01S17/936

摘要： A system includes a docking guide comprising a first alignment guide configured to couple with a first mobile unit that supports a turbine engine and a second alignment guide configured to couple with a second mobile unit that supports a generator. The first and second alignment guides are configured to guide a coupling between the first and second mobile units to help align the turbine engine with the generator.

公开(公告)号：US09889714B2

公开(公告)日：2018-02-13

申请号：US15035328

申请日：2014-11-18

申请人： Robert Bosch GmbH

发明人： Jeffrey Allen Bochenek ,  Jonathan Charles Diedrich ,  Mark Gehrke ,  Gunter Rottner

IPC分类号： B60D1/36 ,  B60D1/62 ,  B60R1/00 ,  B60D1/06 ,  B60D1/46 ,  B60Q9/00

CPC分类号： B60D1/36 ,  B60D1/06 ,  B60D1/46 ,  B60D1/62 ,  B60Q9/002 ,  B60R1/00 ,  B60R2300/808

摘要： 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.

公开(公告)号：US09880560B2

公开(公告)日：2018-01-30

申请号：US14027996

申请日：2013-09-16

申请人： DEERE & COMPANY

发明人： Shufeng Han ,  Christopher D. Turner ,  Bryan K. Buerkle ,  Steven A. Duppong

IPC分类号： G05D1/02 ,  B60R11/04 ,  B60D1/36 ,  B60D1/62 ,  A01B59/06 ,  A01B71/06 ,  A01B69/00

CPC分类号： G05D1/0246 ,  A01B59/062 ,  A01B69/00 ,  A01B71/063 ,  B60D1/36 ,  B60D1/62 ,  B60R11/04 ,  G05D1/0225 ,  G05D1/0234 ,  G05D2201/0201

摘要： An automatic control system moves a vehicle so that it can be coupled to an implement. The vehicle has propulsion and steering controls which respond to electronic input signals. A visual target is mounted on the implement. Vehicle mounted cameras generate images of the target. A motion control unit receives and processes the images, and generates vehicle movement commands as a function of the images which are communicated to the propulsion and steering controls. The motion control unit includes a perception engine connected to the cameras, a controller connected to the perception engine, and a vehicle/operator interface which is connected to the controller, and to the propulsion and steering controls. The perception engine captures images from the cameras, un-distorts the images, and searches for the target. If the target is found, the perception engine recovers vehicle posture information and transmits said information to the controller.

公开(公告)号：US20180001721A1

公开(公告)日：2018-01-04

申请号：US15629785

申请日：2017-06-22

申请人： VOLKSWAGEN AG

发明人： Philipp HÜGER ,  Stefan BROSIG

IPC分类号： B60D1/36 ,  G05D1/02 ,  B60R1/00 ,  G06T7/11 ,  G06K9/00 ,  G06T7/70 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/041

CPC分类号： B60D1/36 ,  B60D1/62 ,  B60R1/00 ,  B60R1/003 ,  B60R2300/306 ,  B60R2300/806 ,  B60R2300/808 ,  G05D1/0225 ,  G05D1/0246 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/04842 ,  G06F3/04845 ,  G06K9/00791 ,  G06T7/11 ,  G06T7/70

摘要： An assist method for coupling a motor vehicle to a trailer, wherein the motor vehicle includes a trailer coupling, at least one camera, a display, and an electronic unit, and wherein the trailer includes a tow bar for the trailer coupling. The assist method captures a first image of at least one tow bar of a trailer by the camera, displays the first image on the display, selects a first region in the first image in which the tow bar is located, enlarges the selected first region to produce a second image, displays the second image on the display, selects a second region in the second image in which the tow bar is located, and determines a trajectory of the motor vehicle for coupling the trailer assuming that the tow bar is located in the second region.

公开(公告)号：US09840119B1

公开(公告)日：2017-12-12

申请号：US15251735

申请日：2016-08-30

申请人： GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC

发明人： Michael J. Melaragni

IPC分类号： B60D1/36 ,  G08B21/18

CPC分类号： B60D1/36 ,  B60D1/62 ,  G08B21/18

摘要： A method and apparatus for detecting an object behind a vehicle are provided. The method includes determining a status of an electrical connection between an object and the vehicle; detecting a forward movement of the vehicle; based on the status of the electrical connection and the detecting of the forward movement, detecting the object behind the vehicle; and controlling to output a notification that alerts of the status of the electrical connection. The method and apparatus may be used to alert an operator when the trailer is electrically disconnected from the vehicle.