ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,908, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Magna Electronics Inc. (Auburn Hills, Mich.).
"Vehicular trailer hitching assist system" was invented by Harold E. Joseph (Brampton, Canada) and Jyothi P. Gali (Rochester Hills, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicular trailer hitching assist system includes a rear backup camera disposed at a rear portion of a vehicle. At least a hitching portion of a trailer hitched to a hitch of the vehicle is viewed by the rear backup camera. Image data captured by the rear backup camera is processed at an image processor. The vehicular trailer hitching assist system, via processing at the image proc...