US 11,721,108 B2
System and method for training trailer detection systems
Mohamed El-sawah, Farmington Hills, MI (US); Robert Bell, New Hudson, MI (US); and Scott Howard Gaboury, Ann Arbor, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Nov. 10, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/93,731.
Prior Publication US 2022/0147742 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. G06V 20/56 (2022.01); G06N 3/08 (2023.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); B60W 10/20 (2006.01); G06F 18/214 (2023.01)
CPC G06V 20/56 (2022.01) [B60W 10/20 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); G06F 18/214 (2023.01); G06N 3/08 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2420/42 (2013.01); B60W 2556/45 (2020.02); B60W 2720/24 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A trailer identification system for a vehicle comprising:
an imaging device configured to capture image data depicting a trailer;
a user interface configured to communicate with a user; and
a controller that:
processes the image data and applies a trailer detection model configured to detect a trailer depicted in the image data;
activates a detection training routine for the trailer;
captures the image data of the trailer from a plurality of perspectives relative to a trailer heading of the trailer; and
controls an update procedure configured to generate a modified trailer detection model operable to detect the trailer, wherein the update procedure processes the image data from the plurality of perspectives.