Trailer estimation improvement
AssigneeDelphi Technologies, Inc.
InventorsPREMCHAND KRISHNA PRASAD, ROBERT J. CASHLER
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Abstract
A trailer-detection system includes a radar-sensor, an angle-detector, and a controller. The radar-sensor is used to detect an other-vehicle present in a blind-zone proximate to the host-vehicle. The angle-detector is used to determine a trailer-angle relative to a host-vehicle of a trailer being towed by the host-vehicle. The controller is in communication with the angle-detector and the radar-sensor. The controller is configured to determine a trailer-presence of the trailer based on the radar-signal and the trailer-angle.
Claims20
A trailer-detection system configured to detect a trailer towed by a host-vehicle, said system comprising:
- a radar-sensor used to detect a radar-signal indicative of an object proximate to the host-vehicle;
- an angle-detector used to determine a trailer-angle relative to the host-vehicle of a trailer towed by the host-vehicle;
- and
- a controller in communication with the angle-detector and the radar-sensor, said controller configured to determine a trailer-presence of the trailer based on the radar-signal and the trailer-angle.
A method to detect a trailer towed by a host-vehicle, said method comprising:
- receiving a radar-signal from a radar-sensor, said radar-signal indicative of an object proximate to the host-vehicle;
- receiving an indication of a trailer-angle of a trailer towed by the host-vehicle from an angle-detector;
- and
- determining a trailer-presence of the trailer based on the radar-signal and the trailer-angle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.