ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,299,923, issued on May 13, was assigned to Continental Autonomous Mobility US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).
"System and method for estimating relative trailer angle" was invented by Julien Ip (Madison Heights, Mich.), Eduardo Llanos (Auburn Hills, Mich.) and Xin Yu (Rochester Hills, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system are disclosed for estimating and using a trailer angle of a trailer relative to a vehicle connected to thereto. The method includes receiving image data from at least one first camera disposed on a vehicle and from at least one second camera disposed on a trailer coupled to the vehicle, and identifying mat...