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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A TRAILER BEING TOWED BY A VEHICLE

  • US 20090271078A1
  • Filed: 04/29/2008
  • Published: 10/29/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2008
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A system for operating a vehicle towing a trailer comprising:

  • a camera mounted on the vehicle or the trailer that captures an image of a frontal surface of the trailer;

    a surface estimate component that receives an image from the camera and generates an estimated area of the frontal surface of the trailer;

    a cross reference component that retrieves correlated information related to the trailer based on the estimated area; and

    a vehicle control interface component that transmits the correlated information to an on-board vehicle control unit, to modify the operation of the vehicle according to the correlated information.

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