{
  "$type": "site.standard.document",
  "description": "A vehicle hitching assistance system includes a controller identifying a trailer coupler within a specified area relative to the vehicle. The specified area is defined between a maximum distance and a minimum distance from a rear of the vehicle and within left and right lateral vehicle control…",
  "path": "/patents/1263344",
  "publishedAt": "2020-06-04T00:00:00.000Z",
  "site": "at://did:plc:oql6ds5vnff4ugar6rruliwd/site.standard.publication/3mn3ohu7oxx5w",
  "tags": [
    "B60D1/36",
    "Ford Global Technologies, LLC"
  ],
  "textContent": "A vehicle hitching assistance system includes a controller identifying a trailer coupler within a specified area relative to the vehicle. The specified area is defined between a maximum distance and a minimum distance from a rear of the vehicle and within left and right lateral vehicle control limits. The controller also outputs a steering signal to the vehicle to cause the vehicle to steer to align a hitch ball of the vehicle with the coupler.",
  "title": "HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACE FOR VEHICLE ALIGNMENT IN AN ACCEPTABLE HITCH ZONE"
}