A method operable in a towing vehicle for determining a state of a trailer being towed by said towing vehicle is disclosed. The vehicle comprises a front facing and a rear facing image capturing device and the method comprises determining respective distances of the rear facing image capturing device and the front facing image capturing device from a surface on which the vehicle lies. Responsive to one or both of: the distance of the rear image capturing device being outside a first threshold, and the distance of the front image capturing device being outside a second threshold, a value indicative the state of the towed trailer is output.
A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A STATE OF A TRAILER BEING TOWED BY A VEHICLE
VERFAHREN UND SYSTEM ZUR BESTIMMUNG DES ZUSTANDS EINES VON EINEM FAHRZEUG GEZOGENEN ANHÄNGERS
PROCÉDÉ ET SYSTÈME PERMETTANT DE DÉTERMINER UN ÉTAT D'UNE REMORQUE TRACTÉE PAR UN VÉHICULE
05.05.2021
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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