USER ASSISTED CAMERA GENERIC TARGET METHOD FOR AUTOMOTIVE TRAILER FUNCTIONS

A vehicle trailer assist system (24) is configured to display a plurality of target areas (58A-D, 68A-E) to a vehicle operator for the vehicle operator to select. The vehicle operator selects a target area (58A-D, 68A-E) on a trailer (22) for tracking and using in determining a relative orientation with the vehicle (20). The system records selected target area (58A-D, 68A-E) and determines a relative orientation between a trailer (22) and a tow vehicle (20) based on a relative position between the features in the selected target area (58A-D, 68A-E) on the trailer (22) and the tow vehicle (20).