An ajar tailgate detection system for a vehicle having a parking assist system and a method for controlling the same are provided. The ajar tailgate detection system may include, but not limited to, a camera configured to output image data and a processor communicatively coupled to the camera and the parking assist system, the processor configured to determine when the tailgate is open based upon the image data output from the camera generate, when the tailgate is determined to be open, one of instructions to load a tailgate ajar calibration file into the parking assist system or instructions to disable the parking assist system, the tailgate ajar calibration file defining a second vehicle length and defining a second data acquisition range of the at least one sensor and transmit the generated instructions to the parking assist system.
AJAR TAILGATE DETECTION SYSTEM
2019-05-23
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B60Q ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL , Anordnung von Signal- oder Beleuchtungsvorrichtungen, deren Einbau oder Halterung oder deren Schaltkreise bei Fahrzeugen allgemein / G06K Erkennen von Daten , RECOGNITION OF DATA / H04N PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION , Bildübertragung, z.B. Fernsehen |