US 12,434,635 B2
Trailer backup camera system
Alexander Reid, Huntsville, AL (US); Daniel William Forthoffer, Birmingham, MI (US); and Peter John Pless, South Ogden, UT (US)
Assigned to R.A. Phillips Industries, Inc., Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by R.A. PHILLIPS INDUSTRIES, INC., Santa Fe Springs, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/151,362.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/297,627, filed on Jan. 7, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0219501 A1, Jul. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 1/26 (2022.01); B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/30 (2006.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 1/26 (2022.01) [B60Q 1/0035 (2013.01); B60Q 1/30 (2013.01); B60R 11/04 (2013.01); H04N 7/183 (2013.01); H04N 7/188 (2013.01); B60R 2011/004 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A backup camera system comprising:
a housing configured to be mounted to a back of a trailer at a location of a center marker light of the trailer and having a rear surface offset from and facing away from the trailer;
a camera at the housing and configured to capture a rear view of the trailer;
a first light at a center of the rear surface of the housing;
a second light at the rear surface of the housing and offset from the first light;
a switch within the housing and configured to selectively couple the first light or the second light to a wiring of the center marker light of the trailer so that no more than one of the first and second lights is illuminated at any given time based on a control signal, the wiring of the center marker light being an only source of electrical power to the first and second lights from an electrical system of the trailer; and
a controller within the housing and configured to generate the control signal to selectively couple the first light or the second light based on a mounting position of the housing relative to a center of the back of the trailer.