System and method for monitoring a connection between a fifth wheel and a towed vehicle
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsMohannad Murad, Bryan W. Fowler
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Abstract
A method of monitoring an attachment between a towing vehicle and a towed vehicle includes determining that a first attachment element on the towed vehicle is not coupled to a second attachment element on the towing vehicle, receiving an indication that the towing vehicle is moving, and activating at least one of a towing vehicle brake system, a visual alert system, and an audible alert system.
Claims16
A method of monitoring an attachment between a towing vehicle and a towed vehicle comprising:
- determining that a first attachment element on the towed vehicle is not coupled to a second attachment element on the towing vehicle by evaluating, in an image processor, an image of the first and second attachment elements captured by a camera;
- receiving an indication that the towing vehicle is moving;
- and
- activating at least one of a towing vehicle brake system, a visual alert system, and an audible alert system.
A system for monitoring attachment of a towed vehicle to a towing vehicle, the system including a processor, and a non-volatile memory having stored thereon a set of instructions which, when executed by the processor, causes the system to:
- determine that a first attachment element on the towed vehicle is not coupled to a second attachment element on the towing vehicle by evaluating, in an image processor, an image of the first and second attachment elements captured by a camera;
- receive an indication that the towing vehicle is moving;
- and
- activate at least one of a towing vehicle brake system, a visual alert system, and an audible alert system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.