Wireless trailer camera system with tracking feature

A trailering assist system, the trailering assist system comprising:

• a first receiving device disposed at a vehicle equipped with the trailering assist system, the first receiving device operable to receive a wireless communication;
• a trailer camera disposed at a rear portion of a trailer, the trailer camera operable to capture image data;
• a transmitter disposed at the trailer, the transmitter operable to wirelessly transmit image data captured by the trailer camera and to wirelessly transmit trailer identification information;
• a controller disposed at the trailer;
• wherein, when the equipped vehicle is towing the trailer, the trailer camera captures image data and the transmitter wirelessly communicates captured image data to the first receiving device at the equipped vehicle;
• a display device in the equipped vehicle viewable by a driver of the equipped vehicle;
• wherein, when the equipped vehicle is towing the trailer, the first receiving device receives the communicated image data, and wherein the display device displays video images derived from the received image data;
• wherein, when the equipped vehicle is not towing the trailer and another vehicle is towing the trailer, the controller determines that the trailer is being towed by the other vehicle;
• responsive to the controller determining that the trailer is being towed by the other vehicle, the transmitter establishes wireless communication with a second receiving device remote from the first receiving device and the equipped vehicle;
• responsive to establishing wireless communication with the second receiving device, the transmitter transmits the trailer identification information to the second receiving device;
• and
• responsive to receiving the trailer identification information, the second receiving device transmits the trailer identification information to a remote server.

A trailering assist system, the trailering assist system comprising:

• a first receiving device disposed at a vehicle equipped with the trailering assist system, the first receiving device operable to receive a wireless communication;
• a trailer camera disposed at a rear portion of a trailer, the trailer camera operable to capture image data;
• a transmitter disposed at the trailer, the transmitter operable to wirelessly transmit image data captured by the trailer camera and to wirelessly transmit trailer identification information;
• a controller disposed at the trailer;
• wherein, when the equipped vehicle is towing the trailer, the trailer camera captures image data and the transmitter wirelessly communicates captured image data to the first receiving device at the equipped vehicle;
• a display device in the equipped vehicle viewable by a driver of the equipped vehicle;
• wherein, when the equipped vehicle is towing the trailer, the first receiving device receives the communicated image data, and wherein the display device displays video images derived from the received image data;
• wherein, when the equipped vehicle is not towing the trailer and another vehicle is towing the trailer, the controller determines that the trailer is being towed by the other vehicle;
• responsive to the controller determining that the trailer is being towed by the other vehicle, the transmitter establishes wireless communication with another a second receiving device remote from the first receiving device and the equipped vehicle;
• wherein the second receiving device comprises a receiving device of a vehicle that is not towing the trailer;
• responsive to establishing wireless communication with the second receiving device, the transmitter transmits the trailer identification information to the second receiving device;
• and
• wherein the trailer identification information comprises location information related to a location of the trailer when the transmitter transmitted the trailer identification information to the second receiving device.