US 11,752,943 B1
Auto panning camera monitoring system including image based trailer angle detection
Liang Ma, Rochester, MI (US); Utkarsh Sharma, Troy, MI (US); Saif Imran, Canton, MI (US); Mohammad Gudarzi, Wixom, MI (US); Nguyen Phan, Allen Park, MI (US); and Wenpeng Wei, Novi, MI (US)
Assigned to STONERIDGE, INC., Novi, MI (US)
Filed by Stoneridge, Inc., Novi, MI (US)
Filed on Jun. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/832,815.
Int. Cl. B60R 1/26 (2022.01); B60R 1/28 (2022.01); G06T 3/20 (2006.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); B60R 1/00 (2022.01)
CPC B60R 1/26 (2022.01) [B60R 1/002 (2013.01); B60R 1/28 (2022.01); G06T 3/20 (2013.01); G06V 20/588 (2022.01); B60R 2300/802 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for automatically panning a displayed view for a commercial vehicle comprising:
receiving a video feed from at least one camera, wherein the camera defines a field of view;
identifying a plurality of objects in the video feed, wherein the plurality of objects includes at least one wheel and at least one line;
tracking a path of each object in the plurality of objects through an image plane of the video feed;
identifying a trailer angle corresponding to each path and associating the identified trailer angle with the corresponding path, thereby generating a plurality of trailer angle measurements; and
down selecting the plurality of paths to a single path and identifying a single trailer angle measurement corresponding to the single path.