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.


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    Title :

    A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A STATE OF A TRAILER BEING TOWED BY A VEHICLE


    Additional title:

    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


    Contributors:
    FINAN BRIAN (author) / MORAN MARK (author)

    Publication date :

    2021-05-05


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B60D Fahrzeugverbindungen , VEHICLE CONNECTIONS / H04N PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION , Bildübertragung, z.B. Fernsehen



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