US 11,842,450 B2
Vehicular backing up assistance system
Joel S. Gibson, Linden, MI (US); Steven V. Byrne, Goodrich, MI (US); and Richard D. Shriner, Grand Blanc, MI (US)
Assigned to MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC., Auburn Hills, MI (US)
Filed by MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC., Auburn Hills, MI (US)
Filed on Mar. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/301,004.
Application 17/301,004 is a continuation of application No. 16/786,094, filed on Feb. 10, 2020, granted, now 10,957,114.
Application 16/786,094 is a continuation of application No. 16/234,760, filed on Dec. 28, 2018, granted, now 10,559,134, issued on Feb. 11, 2020.
Application 16/234,760 is a continuation of application No. 16/029,750, filed on Jul. 9, 2018, granted, now 10,169,926, issued on Jan. 1, 2019.
Application 16/029,750 is a continuation of application No. 14/117,759, granted, now 10,019,841, issued on Jul. 10, 2018, previously published as PCT/US2011/036967, filed on May 18, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2021/0209861 A1, Jul. 8, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 17/02 (2006.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01); B60R 1/00 (2022.01); H04N 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06T 19/006 (2013.01) [B60R 1/00 (2013.01); H04N 17/002 (2013.01); B60R 2300/305 (2013.01); B60R 2300/806 (2013.01)] 88 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicular backing up assistance system, the vehicular backing up assistance system comprising:
a rearview camera mounted at a rear portion of a vehicle equipped with the vehicular backing up assistance system, the equipped vehicle being a vehicle family member of a particular family of pickup trucks;
wherein the rearview camera comprises a housing that houses an image sensor;
wherein the particular family of pickup trucks comprises a plurality of vehicle configurations, and wherein the equipped vehicle that the rearview camera is mounted at has a vehicle configuration that is different than other vehicle configurations of the plurality of vehicle configurations of the particular family of pickup trucks;
wherein the vehicular backing up assistance system receives first input data which corresponds to the vehicle configuration of the equipped vehicle that the rearview camera is mounted at, the first input data being indicative of the vehicle configuration of the equipped vehicle the rearview camera is mounted at;
an in-cabin display of the equipped vehicle, wherein the in-cabin display is viewable by a driver of the equipped vehicle;
wherein, with the rearview camera mounted at the rear portion of the equipped vehicle and when the equipped vehicle is backing up, images captured by the rearview camera are displayed at the in-cabin display;
wherein, with the rearview camera mounted at the rear portion of the equipped vehicle and when the equipped vehicle is backing up, the vehicular backing up assistance system receives second input data corresponding to steering angle of the equipped vehicle;
wherein, when the equipped vehicle is backing up, the vehicular backing up assistance system displays a predicted trajectory of the equipped vehicle at the in-cabin display as an overlay overlaying the images captured by the rearview camera being displayed at the in-cabin display; and
wherein the overlay comprises a pair of guidelines that are spaced apart and that are appropriate to (i) the wheelbase of the vehicle configuration of the plurality of vehicle configurations of the particular family of pickup trucks the rearview camera is mounted at and (ii) a current steering angle of the equipped vehicle.