US 11,993,113 B2
Trailer camera communications system
John S. Germaine, Traverse City, MI (US); Dominik Marx, Novi, MI (US); and Darren Schumacher, Ann Arbor, MI (US)
Assigned to STONERIDGE ELECTRONICS AB, Solna (SE)
Appl. No. 18/282,349
Filed by STONERIDGE ELECTRONICS AB, Solna (SE)
PCT Filed Jun. 23, 2022, PCT No. PCT/US2022/034710
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 15, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/271940, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 29, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/213,938, filed on Jun. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0034114 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. B60D 1/62 (2006.01); B60R 1/22 (2022.01); H04N 23/81 (2023.01); H04N 25/617 (2023.01)
CPC B60D 1/62 (2013.01) [B60R 1/22 (2022.01); H04N 23/81 (2023.01); H04N 25/617 (2023.01); B60R 2300/105 (2013.01); B60R 2300/802 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A camera monitoring system for a vehicle including a tractor and trailer, comprising:
a trailer having trailer components responsive to at least one control signal;
a wiring harness in communication with the trailer components and having a connector configured to communicate with a tractor, the wiring harness configured to carry the at least one control signal to the trailer components;
a sensor provided on the trailer and configured to generate a sensor signal;
a processor interconnected between the sensor and the wiring harness, the processor configured to transform the sensor signal for transmission over the wiring harness with the at least one control signal using common wires within the wiring harness; and
a filter interconnected between the processor and at least one of the trailer components and configured to filter noise from the at least one control signal.