System and method for dynamic dimensioning of vehicle and trailer from shadow profiling

A vehicle comprising:

• one or more cameras;
• and
• a controller configured to:
• calculate solar position and an expected vehicle shadow based on geocode location, time, and vehicle dynamics;
• detect one or more actual vehicle shadows in one or more images from the vehicle cameras;
• compare the one or more actual vehicle shadows to one or more expected vehicle shadows;
• determine a dimension profile and max height point for a vehicle plus vehicle cargo based on a comparison of one or more actual vehicle shadows to the one or more expected vehicle shadows;
• calculate a confidence level for the dimension profile and max height point for the vehicle plus cargo;
• and
• use the dimension profile and max height point to provide one or more dimension notifications when the confidence level for the dimension profile and max height point for the vehicle plus cargo are above a first threshold level.

A method in a vehicle, comprising:

• calculating solar position and an expected vehicle shadow based on geocode location, time, and vehicle dynamics;
• detecting one or more actual vehicle shadows in one or more images from vehicle cameras;
• comparing the one or more actual vehicle shadows to one or more expected vehicle shadows;
• determining a dimension profile and max height point for a vehicle plus vehicle cargo based on a comparison of one or more actual vehicle shadows to the one or more expected vehicle shadows;
• calculating a confidence level for the dimension profile and max height point for the vehicle plus cargo;
• and
• using the dimension profile and max height point to provide one or more dimension notifications when the confidence level for the dimension profile and max height point for the vehicle plus cargo are above a first threshold level.