Methods and apparatus to estimate trailer load
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsKeith Weston, Brendan Diamond, Michael Alan Mcnees
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus to estimate trailer load are disclosed. An example apparatus comprises memory, instructions, and programmable circuitry to execute the instructions to determine a threshold value associated with at least one of a vehicle or a trailer, the trailer couplable to the vehicle, access an image containing an object to be placed in the trailer, divide the image into segments, at least one of the segments corresponding to the object, determine a characteristic of the object based on the at least one of the segments, compare the characteristic to the threshold value, and determine at least one operating characteristic of the vehicle based on the comparison.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- memory;
- instructions;
- and
- programmable circuitry to execute the instructions to:
- access an image containing an object placed in a trailer couplable to a vehicle;
- divide the image into segments, the segments including a first one or more segments corresponding to the object and a second one or more segments corresponding to the trailer;
- determine a characteristic of the object based on the first one or more segments;
- determine a threshold value of at least one of the trailer or the vehicle based on the second one or more segments;
- compare the characteristic to the threshold value;
- and
- determine at least one operating characteristic of the vehicle based on the comparison.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause programmable circuitry to at least:
- access an image containing an object to be placed in a trailer couplable to a vehicle;
- divide the image into segments, of the segments including a first one or more segments corresponding to the object and a second one or more segments corresponding to the trailer;
- determine a characteristic of the object based on the first one or more segments;
- determine a threshold value of at least one of the trailer or the vehicle based on the second one or more segments;
- compare the characteristic to the threshold value;
- and
- determine at least one operating characteristic of the vehicle based on the comparison.
A method comprising:
- accessing, by executing an instruction with programmable circuitry, an image containing an object placed or to be placed in a trailer couplable to a vehicle;
- dividing, by executing an instruction with the programmable circuitry, the image into segments, the segments including a first one or more segments corresponding to the object and a second one or more segments corresponding to the trailer;
- determining, by executing an instruction with the programmable circuitry, a characteristic of the object based on the first one or more segments;
- determining, by executing an instruction with the programmable circuitry, a threshold value of at least one of the trailer or the vehicle based on the second one or more segments;
- comparing, by executing an instruction with the programmable circuitry, the characteristic to the threshold value;
- and
- determining, by executing an instruction with the programmable circuitry, at least one operating characteristic of the vehicle based on the comparison.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.