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Driver assistance system for vehicle

  • US 10,169,926 B2
  • Filed: 07/09/2018
  • Issued: 01/01/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/18/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for providing backup assistance for a driver of a vehicle, said method comprising:

  • providing a rear backup camera at a vehicle so as to have a field of view at least rearward of the vehicle;

    providing a processor at the vehicle;

    storing a plurality of sets of overlays in memory, wherein each set of the stored plurality of sets of overlays is associated with a respective vehicle wheelbase configuration of a plurality of different vehicle wheelbase configurations;

    providing a wheelbase configuration input to the processor that is representative of the vehicle wheelbase configuration of the vehicle;

    selecting, via the processor, and responsive at least in part to the wheelbase configuration input, a particular set of stored overlays from the stored plurality of sets of overlays, wherein the selected set of stored overlays comprises a plurality of individual predicted vehicle trajectory overlays that correspond to respective steering angle ranges for the vehicle wheelbase configuration of the vehicle; and

    selecting, via the processor, and responsive at least in part to a steering angle of the vehicle during a reversing maneuver of the vehicle, an individual predicted vehicle trajectory overlay of the selected set of stored overlays for displaying at a display of the vehicle for viewing by a driver of the vehicle during the reversing maneuver of the vehicle.

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