Determining the position of a trailer end of a trailer (5) extending from a towing unit (4) of a vehicle and being pivotable thereto, by processing camera images (6) captured successively in time by an image sensor of an image capturing device (2) of a camera-based system; and determining a plurality of feature points (8) in the images (6) based on a parameter. The feature point (8) corresponds to a pixel in the image (6). Selecting relevant feature points from the plurality (8) along a preferred direction defined by density and position of the points (8) as path elements (10) based on a positional displacement (dx, dy) between the points (8) in an image (6) and corresponding points (8) in another image (6); generating a path (11) describing the trailer (5) along the preferred direction; and determining a position on the path (11) at the trailer end.


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    Title :

    Camera-Based System And Method For Determining The Position Of A Trailer


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    Publication date :

    2025-05-15


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    G06V / G06T Bilddatenverarbeitung oder Bilddatenerzeugung allgemein , IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL / B60R Fahrzeuge, Fahrzeugausstattung oder Fahrzeugteile, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR



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