65 patents
Utility
Dynamic longitudinal and lateral adjustment of awareness lines for commercial vehicle camera mirror system
16 Jan 24
A method of providing a trailer end line for a tractor-trailer includes determining a fixed point on a tractor, determining a trailer angle of a trailer, determining a trailer line that is arranged at the trailer angle from the fixed point, determining an intersection point between the trailer line and a trajectory of a reference point on the trailer, determining a trailer end point along the trailer line and offset from the intersection point, and displaying a trailer end awareness line based upon the determined trailer end point.
Wenpeng Wei, Liang Ma, Troy Otis Cooprider
Filed: 22 Mar 23
Utility
Image Based Reference Position Identification and Use for Camera Monitoring System
11 Jan 24
A method for determining an image reference position includes receiving at least one image from at least one camera at a controller, the image includes a road lane that is defined by two identifiable lane lines and the camera is a component of a camera monitoring system (CMS) for a vehicle.
Nguyen Phan, Liang Ma, Utkarsh Sharma, Troy Otis Cooprider
Filed: 5 Jul 23
Utility
Modular Semi-trailer Sensor Suite
28 Dec 23
A camera monitoring system (CMS) includes at least a first camera that provides a first vehicle side view and a second camera that provides a second vehicle side view, a controller that is communicatively connected to each of the first and second cameras such that the controller receives a first video feed from the first camera and a second video feed from the second camera, first and second displays that are in communication with the controller and configured to respectively receive and display the first and second video feeds, and a sensor package that is in communication with the controller.
John Couperthwaite
Filed: 21 Jun 23
Utility
Camera Mirror System Including Automatic Angular Adjustment for Commercial Vehicle Displays
19 Oct 23
A method for adjusting a human machine interface (HMI) element location in a commercial vehicle display includes displaying, on an electronic display of a commercial vehicle, images from a camera secured to the commercial vehicle that depict a trailer of the commercial vehicle and its surrounding environment; determining a reference location of a reference point of the trailer in the images; superimposing an HMI element in the images on the electronic display at an HMI location determined relative to the reference location; and detecting that the reference location has changed in the images, and adjusting the HMI location in response thereto.
Wenpeng Wei, Liang Ma, Troy Otis Cooprider, Banuprakash Murthy
Filed: 13 Apr 23
Utility
Auto panning camera mirror system including weighted trailer angle estimation
10 Oct 23
A method for automatically panning a view for a commercial vehicle includes determining a plurality of estimated trailer angles.
Utkarsh Sharma, Liang Ma, Troy Otis Cooprider
Filed: 19 Apr 22
Utility
Mirror replacement system with camera anti-soiling feature
10 Oct 23
A camera arm (16) for a vehicle mirror replacement system includes a housing (22) having an exterior surface (38).
John Kuzdal, Malik Franklin, Bilal Alkahalah, Floyd Morris, Antonio Ciarelli
Filed: 14 May 20
Utility
Dynamic Longitudinal and Lateral Adjustment of Awareness Lines for Commercial Vehicle Camera Mirror System
5 Oct 23
A method of providing a trailer end line for a tractor-trailer includes determining a fixed point on a tractor, determining a trailer angle of a trailer, determining a trailer line that is arranged at the trailer angle from the fixed point, determining an intersection point between the trailer line and a trajectory of a reference point on the trailer, determining a trailer end point along the trailer line and offset from the intersection point, and displaying a trailer end awareness line based upon the determined trailer end point.
Wenpeng Wei, Liang Ma, Troy Otis Cooprider
Filed: 22 Mar 23
Utility
Auto panning camera monitoring system including image based trailer angle detection
12 Sep 23
A method for automatically panning a view for a commercial vehicle includes receiving a video feed from at least one camera defining a field of view.
Liang Ma, Utkarsh Sharma, Saif Imran, Mohammad Gudarzi, Nguyen Phan, Wenpeng Wei
Filed: 6 Jun 22
Utility
Camera System with Lens Heater
3 Aug 23
A camera system (100) comprising: an image capturing device (1) further comprising: a lens unit (3), wherein the lens unit (3) comprised a lens barrel (30), a front lens (4) comprising an inner surface (4a) facing the lens barrel (30); a heater device (500), further comprising a lens heater (510) for heating the front lens (4); wherein an annular heat insulating device (6) is arranged between the lens barrel (30) and the lens heater (510).
Alfred VAN DEN BRINK
Filed: 22 Jun 21
Utility
Camera Monitor System for Commercial Vehicles Including Wheel Position Estimation
29 Jun 23
A method for estimating a trailer wheel position includes identifying a first set of wheel locations in a first image.
Wenpeng Wei, Liang Ma, Yifan Men, Troy Otis Cooprider
Filed: 13 Dec 22
Utility
Camera Monitor System Including Integrated Range Sensor
29 Jun 23
A camera monitor system including a first mirror replacement assembly including a housing supporting a rear facing camera and a rear facing range sensor, a controller in communication with the mirror replacement assembly, the controller including a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions for identifying at least one object in an image feed from the camera and determining an angular position of the object using image analysis, identifying a distance of the at least one object from the mirror replacement assembly using the range sensor; and fusing the distance and the angular position of the object into a single data set, and a display connected to the controller and configured to display a mirror replacement view including at least a portion of the image feed.
Liang Ma, Troy Otis Cooprider, Dominik Marx
Filed: 21 Dec 22
Utility
Camera Monitoring System for Vehicles Including Automatically Calibrating Camera
29 Jun 23
A camera monitoring system includes a first mirror replacement camera extending outward from a vehicle.
Utkarsh Sharma, Liang Ma, Nguyen Phan, Troy Otis Cooprider, Banuprakash Murthy
Filed: 13 Dec 22
Utility
Replacement mirror system with IR LED overheating management
30 May 23
A camera mirror system for a vehicle includes, among other things, a camera that has a field of view, a display in communication with the camera that is configured to depict the field of view, and an infrared light-emitting diode (IR LED) that is configured to illuminate the field of view.
Alfred van den Brink, Kent Palsson
Filed: 27 Sep 21
Utility
Integrated park module systems and methods
23 May 23
A shift-by-wire system comprises an integrated park module including a slider, a motor, a spring, and an actuator system.
Brian Ganter
Filed: 10 Jan 20
Utility
Mobile device usage monitoring for commercial vehicle fleet management
23 May 23
A driver monitoring system includes at least two cameras configured to record images of a driver within a cabin of a vehicle.
Darren Schumacher, Stuart Adams, Nathan Schuler, Dominik Marx, John Germaine
Filed: 11 Jan 21
Utility
Modular brushless DC (BLDC) motor construction
23 May 23
A brushless DC motor (BLDC) includes a stator having a ring-shaped body with multiple stator posts extending axially outward from the ring-shaped body.
Yulanda King, Jihcheng Lin
Filed: 15 Jul 21
Utility
Filter for in-line or inlet applications
9 May 23
A filter for in-line or inlet applications.
Robert J. Steinman
Filed: 5 Apr 19
Utility
Apparatus, system and method for controlling ignition of a vehicle
2 May 23
An ignition control apparatus (10) for controlling ignition of a vehicle (270) equipped with a vehicle unit (1) comprising a display (3) and at least one port (5, 5′) adapted to receive a user data device (7, 7′), wherein the ignition control apparatus (10) is adapted to be connected to the vehicle unit (1) and to an ignition circuit (20) of the vehicle (270), wherein the ignition control apparatus (10) comprises means (11) for activating and deactivating the ignition circuit (20), depending on insertion of a user data device (7, 7′) into the port (5, 5′) and/or reception of an override signal (O).
Martin Wennerblom
Filed: 27 Jun 18
Utility
Camera Mirror System Display for Commercial Vehicles Including System for Identifying Road Markings
20 Apr 23
A process for identifying a road feature in an image includes receiving an image at a controller, identifying a region of interest within the image and converting the region of interest from red-green-blue (RGB) to a single color using the controller.
Liang Ma, Yifan Men, Troy Otis Cooprider
Filed: 19 Oct 21
Utility
Trailer End Tracking In a Camera Monitoring System
20 Apr 23
A method for tracking a trailer end in an image using a controller includes receiving an image from at least one camera, identifying a trailer end in the image and tracking a motion of the trailer end through the image for a period of time using a controller.
Liang Ma, Yifan Men, Troy Otis Cooprider
Filed: 26 Sep 22