ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,361,726, issued on July 15, was assigned to TUSIMPLE INC. (San Diego).
"Systems and methods for detecting trailer angle" was invented by Yi Luo (San Diego), Xiaoling Han (San Diego) and Xue Mei (Ann Arbor, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for detecting trailer angle are provided. In one aspect, an in-vehicle control system includes an optical sensor configured to be mounted on a tractor so as to face a trailer coupled to the tractor, the optical sensor further configured to generate optical data indicative of an angle formed between the trailer and the tractor. The system further includes a processor and a compute...