公开(公告)号：US20240359704A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-31

申请号：US18139309

申请日：2023-04-25

申请人： TORC Robotics, Inc.

发明人： Mustafa Yasin Kara

IPC分类号： B60W60/00 ,  B60D1/36 ,  B60D1/58

CPC分类号： B60W60/001 ,  B60D1/36 ,  B60D1/58 ,  B62D53/0842

摘要： A system including a first sensor, a second sensor, and one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to receive a first signal from the first sensor configured to detect a presence of a king pin within a throat of a fifth-wheel hitch of a vehicle, the first sensor coupled to the fifth-wheel hitch of the vehicle; assign a first value to the first signal; receive a second signal from the second sensor configured to detect a jaw of the fifth-wheel hitch, the second sensor cooperatively coupled to the fifth-wheel hitch of the vehicle; assign a second value to the second signal; determine if the first value exceeds a first threshold; determine if the second value exceeds a second threshold; and responsive to at least one of the first value not exceeding the first threshold or the second value not exceeding the second threshold, disable the vehicle.

公开(公告)号：US20240359511A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-31

申请号：US18528882

申请日：2023-12-05

申请人： Garo AFARIAN ,  Shojaeddin MIRFENDERESKI

发明人： Garo AFARIAN ,  Shojaeddin MIRFENDERESKI

IPC分类号： B60D1/06 ,  B60D1/36 ,  B60D1/58

CPC分类号： B60D1/065 ,  B60D1/363 ,  B60D1/583

摘要： A scale including a frame configured to mount a caravan or trailer at a very similar height and location as a trailer hitch, to provide the trailer with weighing geometry similar to real towing conditions. There is also described a scale which mounts on a prime mover hitch, having a weighing station adjacent the hitch, disposed at the same level as the hitch. Also, there is described a tow ball load scale including: a frame including: a mount for mounting the frame to a coupler, towball or hitch of a prime mover; a towball or coupler receiver spaced along the frame from the mount, the towball or coupler mount being configured to cooperate with a trailer coupler for measuring a vertical towball load, and further including one or more load cells disposed thereon. There is also described a method of measuring a trailer towball downforce, the method including the steps of: receiving downforce load cell signal data relating to towball load in a computer processor from a towball or coupler receiver; using the downforce load cell signal data in a fit function saved in the computer processor to output a calculated trailer downforce load data; comparing the calculated trailer downforce load data with threshold load data to produce a safety data signal; sending the safety data signal and/or calculated trailer downforce data to a mobile device, or selecting a lamp or alert actuation signal and sending to a selected lamp or loudspeaker mounted on the frame, based on the safety data signal.

公开(公告)号：US20240336256A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-10

申请号：US18613495

申请日：2024-03-22

申请人： FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

发明人： Vidya Nariyambut murali ,  Roger Arnold Trombley ,  Leonidas Kiliaris ,  Jeremy Ferack ,  Akshay Prabhakarrao Moharir ,  Michael Litvak ,  Noga Zieber ,  Asaf Kagan ,  Rotem Littman

IPC分类号： B60W30/06 ,  B60D1/06 ,  B60D1/36 ,  G06T3/40 ,  G06V20/56

CPC分类号： B60W30/06 ,  B60D1/06 ,  B60D1/36 ,  G06T3/40 ,  G06V20/56 ,  G06T2207/20132

摘要： A hitch assistance system for assisting in maneuvering a vehicle toward a trailer includes a sensing system that includes an image sensor and a controller. The controller is configured to: identify a position of a coupler of the trailer based on image data received from the image sensor by utilizing a coupler detection model trained based on a library of images depicting couplers; control movement of the vehicle toward an aligned position based on the identified position of the coupler, wherein a hitch ball of the vehicle is aligned with the coupler of the trailer; determine a prospective location of the coupler in image data based on sensor data received from the sensing system; and crop image data based on the determined prospective location of the coupler.

公开(公告)号：US20240294043A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-05

申请号：US18116790

申请日：2023-03-02

申请人： Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.

发明人： Lauren M. Abro ,  Yuko N. Gidcumb ,  Michelle R. Vargo ,  Lindsay A. Babian

IPC分类号： B60D1/36 ,  G06T7/70

CPC分类号： B60D1/363 ,  G06T7/70 ,  G06T2207/10028 ,  G06T2207/30252

摘要： Methods and systems for aligning a vehicle and a trailer. The system includes a guide coupled to a tow hitch of the vehicle, a plurality of sensors disposed along the guide, and an electronic control unit (ECU). The guide includes a first arm extending from a hinge and a second arm extending from the hinge. The first arm and the second arm are configured to provide a space therebetween to receive a tongue of the trailer. The plurality of sensors are configured to detect sensor data indicative of an alignment between the vehicle and the trailer. The ECU is configured to receive the sensor data, determine a position of the tongue relative to the first arm and the second arm, and transmit the determination to the vehicle.

公开(公告)号：US12017667B2

公开(公告)日：2024-06-25

申请号：US17407288

申请日：2021-08-20

申请人： Ford Global Technologies, LLC

发明人： Luke Niewiadomski ,  Roger Trombley ,  Arnav Sharma

IPC分类号： B60W50/029 ,  B60D1/06 ,  B60D1/36 ,  B60W10/18 ,  B60W10/20 ,  B60W30/09 ,  B60W50/00 ,  B60W50/02 ,  B60W50/10 ,  B60W50/14

CPC分类号： B60W50/029 ,  B60W10/182 ,  B60W10/20 ,  B60W30/09 ,  B60W50/0098 ,  B60W50/0205 ,  B60W50/10 ,  B60W50/14 ,  B60D1/06 ,  B60D1/36 ,  B60W2420/403 ,  B60W2520/10 ,  B60W2540/16 ,  B60W2540/18 ,  B60W2540/215 ,  B60W2710/188 ,  B60W2710/20

摘要： A hitching assistance system for a vehicle includes a steering system including a vehicle steering wheel and a controller executing an automated hitching maneuver including controlling the steering system to back the vehicle toward a trailer, monitoring the hitching assistance system for an interruption event affecting execution of the automated hitching maneuver, detecting the interruption event and identifying the interruption event as one of a standard interruption event or an exception interruption event, upon identifying the standard interruption event, causing the steering wheel to move to a centered position and ceasing control of the steering system, and upon identifying the exception interruption event, ceasing control of the steering system without causing the steering wheel to move to the centered position.

公开(公告)号：US11975740B2

公开(公告)日：2024-05-07

申请号：US17871112

申请日：2022-07-22

申请人： GM Cruise Holdings LLC

发明人： Nestor Grace ,  Dogan Gidon ,  Diego Plascencia-Vega

IPC分类号： B60W60/00 ,  B60D1/36 ,  B60W30/18 ,  B60W50/02 ,  B60D1/52

CPC分类号： B60W60/0025 ,  B60W30/18009 ,  B60W50/0205 ,  B60W50/0225 ,  B60D1/36 ,  B60D1/52 ,  B60W2530/20 ,  B60W2530/203 ,  B60W2556/65

摘要： Particular embodiments described herein provide for a system and method to help enable a towing vehicle. In an example, the system can identify a location of the disabled vehicle, deploy the towing vehicle to the location of the disabled vehicle, where the towing vehicle uses sensor data from a sensor suite and a perception module to navigate to the location of the disabled vehicle, and use the towing vehicle to tow the disabled vehicle to a new location.

公开(公告)号：US11958411B2

公开(公告)日：2024-04-16

申请号：US16966173

申请日：2019-02-11

申请人： SAF-HOLLAND GmbH

发明人： Mark Hartmann ,  Bernd Brunsch

IPC分类号： B60D1/36 ,  B60R1/00 ,  B60R11/00 ,  B60R11/04

CPC分类号： B60R1/003 ,  B60D1/36 ,  B60R2011/0078 ,  B60R11/04 ,  B60R2300/105 ,  B60R2300/301

摘要： A mobile sensor device for a vehicle combination with a tractor and a trailer, in particular a semitrailer train with a semitrailer tractor and a semitrailer includes a recording device for recording information, a transmission device for transmitting the information to a central device, and a connection area for detachably coupling the mobile sensor device to the trailer, in particular the semitrailer.

公开(公告)号：US11813987B2

公开(公告)日：2023-11-14

申请号：US18167922

申请日：2023-02-13

申请人： MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.

发明人： Lee Karner ,  Kenneth Schofield ,  Niall R. Lynam

IPC分类号： B60D1/36 ,  B60R1/00 ,  G06T7/70 ,  G06T7/13 ,  B29C45/00 ,  B29C45/14 ,  B60R1/04 ,  B60R1/06 ,  B60R1/12 ,  G08G1/16 ,  G09G3/00 ,  G09G3/34 ,  G06V20/58 ,  B60R11/04 ,  G09G5/02 ,  H04N7/18 ,  B60Q9/00 ,  B60C9/00 ,  B29C45/16 ,  B29L11/00 ,  B29L31/30 ,  B60R11/00

CPC分类号： B60R1/00 ,  B29C45/0017 ,  B29C45/14754 ,  B60C9/00 ,  B60Q9/00 ,  B60Q9/008 ,  B60R1/04 ,  B60R1/06 ,  B60R1/12 ,  B60R11/04 ,  G06T7/13 ,  G06T7/70 ,  G06V20/58 ,  G08G1/165 ,  G08G1/166 ,  G08G1/167 ,  G09G3/001 ,  G09G3/346 ,  G09G5/026 ,  H04N7/181 ,  H04N7/183 ,  B29C45/14639 ,  B29C45/1671 ,  B29L2011/0058 ,  B29L2031/30 ,  B60R2001/1215 ,  B60R2001/1223 ,  B60R2001/1253 ,  B60R2001/1269 ,  B60R2011/0033 ,  B60R2300/105 ,  B60R2300/308 ,  B60R2300/808 ,  B60R2300/8026 ,  B60R2300/8066 ,  B60R2300/8093 ,  G06T2207/10016 ,  G06T2207/30232 ,  G06T2207/30261 ,  G09G2300/023 ,  G09G2300/0456 ,  G09G2340/12 ,  G09G2380/10

摘要： A vehicular trailer hitching assist system includes a rear backup camera disposed at a rear portion of a vehicle and a control disposed in the vehicle. A display device includes a video display screen operable to display video images for viewing by a driver of the vehicle. Responsive to the driver initiating a hitching maneuver event by engaging reverse gear of the vehicle, rear backup video images derived from image data captured by the rear backup camera are displayed at the video display screen. An overlay overlays the displayed rear backup video images and aids in guiding connection of a trailer hitch of the equipped vehicle to a trailer tongue of a trailer. Continued display of rear backup video images that are overlaid by the overlay is ceased upon elapse of a threshold period of time or upon exceeding a threshold speed or upon exceeding a threshold distance traveled.

公开(公告)号：US11813905B2

公开(公告)日：2023-11-14

申请号：US17454601

申请日：2021-11-11

申请人： Truck Shields, LLC

发明人： Dennis H. Hancock

IPC分类号： B60D1/36 ,  B60D1/58 ,  B60D1/02 ,  B25B27/08 ,  B60D1/52 ,  B25G1/10 ,  B25B27/20 ,  F16B21/12

CPC分类号： B60D1/36 ,  B25B27/08 ,  B60D1/02 ,  B60D1/58 ,  B25B27/20 ,  B25G1/102 ,  B60D1/025 ,  B60D1/52 ,  F16B21/12 ,  Y10T29/53943

摘要： A pin assist device that eliminates the need to use a separate tool to insert and/or extract a cotter, or other fastening, pin. The pin assist device allows the user to easily insert or extract a pin in locations that are difficult to reach, in all types of weather and virtually all conditions. Related pin assist devices, hitch pins, and hitch pin assemblies are also disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US11753038B2

公开(公告)日：2023-09-12

申请号：US17180967

申请日：2021-02-22

申请人： Ford Global Technologies, LLC

发明人： J. Elias Ruiz ,  Sergio Becerril ,  Mijail Avila ,  Veronica Garza ,  Cesar Sanchez Razo

IPC分类号： B60W60/00 ,  B60D1/36 ,  G01R31/44 ,  B60W40/12 ,  B60W30/18 ,  B60Q1/50

CPC分类号： B60W60/0025 ,  B60D1/36 ,  B60Q1/50 ,  B60W30/18009 ,  B60W40/12 ,  G01R31/44

摘要： An electrical resistance of a lamp in communication with a computer is determined. A respective classification for each of the electrical resistance, a vehicle length, and a trailer length is determined. Each classification is associated to a respective range of values of one of the electrical resistance, the vehicle length, or the trailer length. Based on the classifications a trailer that is attached to a vehicle is detected. One or more components of the vehicle are actuated to move the trailer.