ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,073, issued on March 18, was assigned to Continental Autonomous Mobility US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).
"Trailer underneath and side visualization" was invented by Ravikanth Uppara (Seaford, Great Britain) and Aranza Hinojosa Castro (Ferndale, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of providing a visualization (152) of one or more areas obscured by a trailer (200) attached to a vehicle (100) is provided. The method includes receiving first image data (133, 133a) from a first camera (132) positioned on a front portion of the vehicle (100) when the vehicle and the trailer are moving in a forward direction or a rear portion of th...