US 12,214,725 B2
Transparent trailer articulation view
Aranza Hinojosa Castro, Libert Hill, TX (US)
Assigned to Continental Autonomous Mobility US, LLC, Auburn Hills, MI (US)
Appl. No. 17/753,485
Filed by Continental Autonomous Mobility US, LLC, Auburn Hills, MI (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 4, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/049447
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 4, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/046379, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 11, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/895,745, filed on Sep. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0371514 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. B60R 1/00 (2022.01); B60R 1/26 (2022.01); H04N 5/265 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04N 23/698 (2023.01)
CPC B60R 1/003 (2013.01) [B60R 1/26 (2022.01); H04N 5/265 (2013.01); H04N 7/183 (2013.01); H04N 23/698 (2023.01); B60R 2300/105 (2013.01); B60R 2300/303 (2013.01); B60R 2300/304 (2013.01); B60R 2300/60 (2013.01); B60R 2300/802 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of determining a panoramic view of an environment behind a trailer of a vehicle-trailer system, the method comprising:
receiving, at data processing hardware, a first image from a rear trailer camera positioned on a rear portion of the trailer;
receiving, at the data processing hardware, a second image from a right-side trailer camera positioned on a right-side portion of the trailer;
receiving, at the data processing hardware, a third image from a left-side trailer camera positioned on a left-side portion of the trailer;
determining, at the data processing hardware, a panoramic view based on the first image, the second image, and the third image;
determining, at the data processing hardware, a trailer angle based on sensor system data received from a sensor system;
determining, at the data processing hardware, a viewing area within the panoramic view based on the trailer angle;
sending, from the data processing hardware to a display in communication with the data processing hardware, instructions to display the viewing area;
receiving a fourth image from a rear vehicle camera positioned on a rear portion of a vehicle of the vehicle-trailer system, the fourth image including a trailer representation of the trailer; and
forming a fifth image by projecting at least the viewing area of the panoramic view only within a boundary of the trailer representation of the fourth image such that no part of the viewing area is projected outside of the boundary of the trailer representation;
wherein the instructions to display the viewing area of the panoramic view comprises instructions for displaying the fifth image.