METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING TRAILER PRESENCE BASED ON IMAGE ANALYSIS

A method for a camera monitor system (CMS) includes utilizing a camera mounted to a tractor of a commercial vehicle to obtain an image feed having a region of interest that would depict a trailer if a trailer was connected to the tractor; detecting one or more features in the region of interest of an image from the image feed; comparing the one or more detected features to one or more reference features corresponding to presence of the trailer; and determining whether the trailer is attached to the tractor based on the comparing. A camera monitor system (CMS) is also disclosed.