Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Trailer hitching aid system for vehicle
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Application No.: US15161707Application Date: 2016-05-23
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Publication No.: US09694749B2Publication Date: 2017-07-04
- Inventor: Niall R. Lynam , John O. Lindahl
- Applicant: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.
- Applicant Address: US MI Auburn Hills
- Assignee: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.
- Current Assignee: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Auburn Hills
- Agency: Gardner, Linn, Burkhart & Flory, LLP
- Main IPC: B60R1/00
- IPC: B60R1/00 ; B60K35/00 ; B60K37/06 ; B60Q1/26 ; B60Q1/32 ; B60R1/12 ; B60R11/02 ; B60R11/04 ; B60D1/36 ; B60D1/58 ; H04N7/18 ; G09G3/34 ; G09G3/36 ; H04N5/374 ; B60Q3/64 ; B60Q3/258 ; B60R11/00 ; G02B6/00 ; G02B27/01

Abstract:
A tow hitching aid system for a vehicle having a hitching ball for connecting to a hitching receiver of a trailer includes a camera disposed at the vehicle and having a field of view that encompasses the hitching ball of the vehicle. The system also includes a plurality of distance measuring sensors disposed at the vehicle. A display screen is disposed in the vehicle and is viewable by a driver of the vehicle when the driver is normally operating the vehicle. A control receives input from the camera and input from the distance measuring sensors. During a tow hitching maneuver, the display screen displays video images captured by the camera, and at least one graphic overlay is superimposed over the displayed video images to assist the driver during the tow hitching maneuver to connect the hitching ball of the vehicle with the hitching receiver of the trailer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160264052A1 TRAILER HITCHING AID SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2016-09-15
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