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Method and trailer-coupling assistance for assisting in the coupling process of a transportation vehicle reversing toward a trailer

US11186224B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE

Inventors

Philipp Hüger · Oebisfelde, DE
Johannes Fuhs · Mömlingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 12, 2018
Grant date	Nov 30, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 12, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2207/30252
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for assisting a coupling process of a transportation vehicle reversing toward a trailer which includes detecting a ball head coupling of the trailer based on a camera image recorded by a camera of the transportation vehicle, limiting the camera image to an image detail in which the ball head coupling is disposed, detecting at least one curved front edge of the ball head coupling within the limited image detail, and determining the engagement position fir a vehicle-side ball head based on the at least one detected curved front edge of the ball head coupling. A trailer coupling assistant for a transportation vehicle.

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