#Continental Autonomous Mobility US, LLC

VEHICLE TOW BALL DETECTION METHOD AND SYSTEM

A position of a tow ball of a tow vehicle is detected by: receiving an image from a rear camera and a size of the tow ball; identifying, a representation of the tow ball projected onto a camera plane …

DRIVE·Apr 16·2 min read

G06T7/73 Continental Autonomous Mobility US, LLC

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A VEHICLE ACCESS POINT

A method of operating an access point to a vehicle includes moving a retractable sensor from a retracted position to an extended position. An area surrounding the retractable sensor is monitored for a…

DRIVE·Aug 14·1 min read

B60R11/04 Continental Autonomous Mobility US, LLC

METHOD FOR ALERTING A DRIVER TO OBJECTS LEFT ON A VEHICLE ROOF AND ALERT SYSTEM

A method for alerting a driver to objects left on a vehicle roof includes obtaining image data of an environment surrounding the vehicle. The image data includes a sequence of images captured by a cam…

DRIVE·Jun 19·1 min read

B60Q9/00 Continental Autonomous Mobility US, LLC

REDUNDANT LANE MONITORING WITH FREQUENCY-BASED ANALYSIS OF DATA FROM MULTIPLE SENSORS

A system includes a computer having a processor and memory storing instructions executable by the processor. The instructions include instructions to receive roadway feedback data from a first vehicle…

DRIVE·Nov 14·1 min read

B60W30/12 Continental Autonomous Mobility US, LLC

METHOD FOR DETERMINING POSITION OF A TRAILER AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING POSITION OF A TRAILER

According to various embodiments, a method for determining position of a trailer may include generating an input image of a first vehicle using a camera mounted on a second vehicle. The input image ma…

DRIVE·Jul 4·1 min read

B60D1/36 Continental Autonomous Mobility US, LLC

ADAPTIVE KNOB CONTROL BASED UPON TRAILER MANEUVER TYPES

A method, system and software product for maneuvering a vehicle-trailer unit in reverse travel with a trailer backing system is disclosed. The vehicle has a trailer hitch and a trailer is coupled to t…

DRIVE·Feb 29·1 min read

B62D15/0285 Continental Autonomous Mobility US, LLC

VEHICLE COMPONENT WITH IMAGE SENSOR AIMED AT FIDUCIAL MARKER

A method includes mounting a vehicle component to a base member of a vehicle, capturing a baseline image of a fiducial marker, capturing a subsequent image of the fiducial marker, comparing the subseq…

DRIVE·Dec 21·1 min read

G01S7/4972 Continental Autonomous Mobility US, LLC

USER-ASSISTED DRIVE-ABLE AREA DETECTION

A user assisted method and vehicle control system provides for identifying a drivable area for autonomous vehicle operation. The system provides for displaying an area including a potential drivable a…

DRIVE·Nov 9·1 min read

B60W50/14 Continental Autonomous Mobility US, LLC

Tow Ball Position Detection System

A method and system are disclosed for performing a trailer operation for a vehicle having a tow ball. The method includes receiving a first image from a rear camera disposed along a rear portion of th…

DRIVE·Oct 19·2 min read

B60R1/26 Continental Autonomous Mobility US, LLC

REVERSING TRAILER PATH FOLLOWING

A method of reversing a trailer along a defined path according to a disclosed exemplary embodiment includes, among other possible things, detecting a deviation from a predefined path of a trailer coup…

DRIVE·Sep 28·1 min read

B62D6/002 Continental Autonomous Mobility US, LLC

PATH PLANNING FOR TOW VEHICLE AND TRAILER

A method of planning a path for reversing a trailer along a defined path a includes defining a desired end point for a trailer path and determining a set of reversing trailer curvatures for moving the…

DRIVE·Sep 28·1 min read

B60W60/001 Continental Autonomous Mobility US, LLC

Vehicle Trailer Angle Estimation via Projective Geometry

A method for determining a trailer angle between a tow vehicle and a trailer attached to the tow vehicle includes receiving images from a camera positioned on a rear portion of the tow vehicle with a …

DRIVE·Sep 21·1 min read

B62D13/06 Continental Autonomous Mobility US, LLC

Vehicle Trailer Angle Estimation via Projective Geometry

DRIVE·Sep 21·1 min read

B62D13/06 Continental Autonomous Mobility US, LLC

DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTING ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL

A dynamic adaptive cruise control method for a first vehicle includes a controller disposed within the first vehicle identifying a second vehicle in a direction of travel of the first vehicle. The con…

DRIVE·Sep 7·1 min read

B60W30/16 Continental Autonomous Mobility US, LLC

OBSTACLE DETECTION FOR TRAILER OPERATION

A trailer maneuver assistance system and method provide for alerting a vehicle operator to possible obstacles within a predicted path of trailer. The predicted path is determined based on at least one…

DRIVE·Sep 7·1 min read

B60Q9/008 Continental Autonomous Mobility US, LLC

TRAILER LEVELLING SYSTEM

A method includes calculating, at a data processing hardware, a relative angle between a tow vehicle and a trailer attached to the tow vehicle. An absolute angle of the tow vehicle is determined at th…

DRIVE·Aug 10·1 min read

B60W30/02 Continental Autonomous Mobility US, LLC

LADAR ENABLED IMPACT MITIGATION SYSTEM

A collision mitigation system makes use of ladar sensors to identify obstacles and to predict unavoidable collisions therewith, and a duplex radio link in communication with secondary vehicles, and a …

DRIVE·Nov 3·1 min read

B60R21/0134 Continental Autonomous Mobility US, LLC