Methods and apparatus for a single pin load sensor coupled to a hitch receiver
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsAndrew Niedert, Anton Rogness, Elliott Pearson, Joshua Rajasingh, Peter Simeon Lazarevski
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Abstract
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to facilitate a single pin load sensor coupled to a hitch receiver, the sensor to measure one or more loads on the hitch receiver. An example non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising machine-readable instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to at least capture, via a camera coupled to a vehicle, an image of a hitch of the vehicle, analyze the image to determine position data of a mount of the hitch, and calculate an actual load on the hitch based on the position data.
Claims20
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising machine-readable instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to at least:
- capture, via a camera coupled to a vehicle, an image of a hitch of the vehicle;
- analyze the image to determine position data of a mount of the hitch;
- and
- calculate an actual load on the hitch based on the position data.
An apparatus comprising:
- memory;
- and
- a processor to execute instructions to:
- capture, via a camera coupled to a vehicle, an image of a hitch of the vehicle;
- analyze the image to determine position data of a mount of the hitch;
- and
- calculate an actual load on the hitch based on the position data.
A method comprising:
- capturing, via a camera coupled to a vehicle, an image of a hitch of the vehicle;
- analyzing the image to determine position data of a mount of the hitch;
- and
- calculating an actual load on the hitch based on the position data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.