Backup system for a vehicle with a trailer hitch

A backup system for a vehicle with a trailer hitch, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• a memory communicatively coupled to the at least one processor and storing:
• a control module including instructions that when executed by the at least one processor cause the at least one processor to:
• monitor for backup events in a vehicle with upright sides and a hitch point between the upright sides;
• and
• in response to identifying a backup event, operate an interior display in the vehicle during the backup event to display:
• an area behind the vehicle;
• general-purpose steering guidelines, the general-purpose steering guidelines leading from the upright sides, indicating a projected locus of the vehicle, and having a lengthwise reach that is maintained regardless of changing steering angles;
• and
• a trailer-hitching steering guideline, the trailer-hitching steering guideline leading from the hitch point, indicating a projected path of the hitch point, and having a lengthwise reach that is adjusted based on changing steering angles.

A vehicle, comprising:

• upright sides;
• a hitch point between the upright sides;
• an interior display;
• and
• a control module communicatively connected with the display, the control module configured to, in response to a backup event, operate the display during the backup event to display:
• an area behind the vehicle;
• and
• a trailer-hitching steering guideline, the trailer-hitching steering guideline leading from the hitch point, indicating a projected path of the hitch point, and having, from a baseline lengthwise reach at an on-center steering angle, an increasingly longer lengthwise reach at increasingly off-center steering angles.