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TRAILER ANGLE DETECTION SYSTEM

  • US 20140085472A1
  • Filed: 09/25/2013
  • Published: 03/27/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vision system for a vehicle, said vision system comprising:

  • a rearward facing camera disposed at a rearward portion of a vehicle equipped with said vision system and having a rearward field of view;

    wherein said rearward facing camera is operable to captures images rearward of the equipped vehicle;

    wherein, with a trailer attached to the equipped vehicle and rearward of the equipped vehicle, a processor is operable to process captured images captured as the equipped vehicle is driven forwardly and, responsive at least in part to said processing, said processor is operable to determine a plurality of trailer parameters and vehicle-trailer interface parameters;

    wherein said vision system is operable to calculate a calculated trailer angle based at least in part on calculations involving said parameters and a steering angle of the equipped vehicle as the equipped vehicle is being driven along a road;

    wherein said vision system, responsive to processing of images captured by said rearward facing camera, is operable to determine a determined trailer angle of the trailer relative to a longitudinal axis of the equipped vehicle; and

    wherein, responsive to the determined trailer angle and the calculated trailer angle, said vision system is operable to determine a degree of offset between the calculated trailer angle and the determined trailer angle.

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