Autonomous trailer hitching using neural network

US10884425B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Continental Automotive Systems Inc. · US

Inventors

• Dalong Li · Naperville, US
• Kyle P Carpenter · Clarkston, US
• Dominik Froehlich · Ferndale, US
• Ibro Muharemovic · Warren, US
• Julien Ip · Madison Heights, US
• Lubna Khasawneh · Rochester Hills, US
• Uriel Sanchez · Coyula, MX
• Steffen Hartmann · Royal Oak, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 25, 2018
• Grant date: Jan 5, 2021
• Expiry date: Jan 26, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60G2500/30
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

One aspect of the disclosure provides a method of maneuvering a vehicle in reverse for attachment to a trailer. The method includes: determining, at a computing device in communication with the neural network, a selected trailer in proximity to the vehicle; detecting at least one user input gesture performed by a user and captured in at least one image from at least one camera on the vehicle; selected a maneuver command for the vehicle based on the detected gesture; and executing the maneuver to move the vehicle from the initial position toward a final position adjacent the trailer.