ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,272,149, issued on April 8, was assigned to PACCAR Inc. (Bellevue, Wash.).
"Tractor-based trailer clearance and positioning system and method" was invented by Stanley W DeLizo (Lynnwood, Wash.), Ian David O'Connor (Seattle), August Avantaggio (Kent, Wash.) and Kyle Christopher Wynn Johnson (Vancouver, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure describes systems and methods for automated determination of certain physical characteristics of a trailer in a tractor-trailer truck and positional arrangement between the trailer and tractor of the truck. The technology may include a camera mounted on the tractor to acquire an im...