Rear camera system for a vehicle with a trailer
AssigneeKageta Tech LLC
InventorScott Kageta
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Abstract
A vehicle plug for transmitting power and signals between a vehicle and a trailer includes a power conductor and one or more video signal conductors. The power conductor is configured to provide power to one or more electrical components of the trailer, the one or more electrical components of the trailer includes one or more video cameras. The one or more video signal conductors are configured to receive video signals from the one or more video cameras of the trailer.
Claims20
A vehicle interface for transmitting power and signals between a vehicle and a trailer, comprising:
- a power conductor configured to provide power to one or more electrical components of the trailer, the one or more electrical components of the trailer comprising one or more video cameras;
- one or more video signal conductors configured to receive video signals from the one or more video cameras of the trailer, wherein the one or more video signal conductors are provided below connections for receiving trailer light connections.
A trailer plug for transmitting power and signals between a vehicle and a trailer, comprising:
- a power conductor configured to receive power from a vehicle, wherein the received power is used at least in part on one or more video cameras of the trailer;
- one or more video signal conductors configured to transmit one or more video signals from the one or more video cameras of the trailer to the vehicle via a plug interface to internal wiring of the vehicle for reception by a video signal selection circuit for automatically choosing the one or more video signals when the vehicle is in reverse and the trailer plug is plugged into the plug interface, wherein the one or more signal conductors at the plug interface are below conductors for trailer lights at the plug interface.
A method of transmitting power and signals between a vehicle and a trailer, comprising:
- creating an electrical connection between the vehicle and the trailer;
- providing power to one or more electrical components of the trailer through the electrical connection, wherein the one or more electrical components comprise one or more video cameras;
- transmitting one or more video signals, through the electrical connection, from the one or more video cameras of the trailer to the vehicle, wherein the one or more video signal are provided on a conductor proximate a plurality of trailer light conductors;
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- automatically selecting the one or more video signals when the one or more video signals are present and the vehicle is in reverse.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.