A method operable in a towing vehicle for determining a state of a trailer being towed by said towing vehicle is disclosed. The vehicle comprises a front facing and a rear facing image capturing device and the method comprises determining respective distances of the rear facing image capturing device and the front facing image capturing device from a surface on which the vehicle lies. Responsive to one or both of: the distance of the rear image capturing device being outside a first threshold, and the distance of the front image capturing device being outside a second threshold, a value indicative the state of the towed trailer is output.
A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A STATE OF A TRAILER BEING TOWED BY A VEHICLE
VERFAHREN UND SYSTEM ZUR BESTIMMUNG DES ZUSTANDS EINES VON EINEM FAHRZEUG GEZOGENEN ANHÄNGERS
PROCÉDÉ ET SYSTÈME PERMETTANT DE DÉTERMINER UN ÉTAT D'UNE REMORQUE TRACTÉE PAR UN VÉHICULE
2020-03-18
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B60D Fahrzeugverbindungen , VEHICLE CONNECTIONS |
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A STATE OF A TRAILER BEING TOWED BY A VEHICLE
Europäisches Patentamt | 2020
|METHOD FOR DETERMINING FEATURES OF A TRAILER TOWED BY A VEHICLE
Europäisches Patentamt | 2021
|Method for determining features of a trailer towed by a vehicle
Europäisches Patentamt | 2023
|