Cargo trailer sensor assembly

MS Wood, NYH Sun, Z Vawter - US Patent 11,052,913, 2021 - Google Patents
A sensor assembly can include a housing that includes a view pane and a mounting feature
configured to replace a trailer light of a cargo trailer of a semi-trailer truck. The sensor …

Technology to apply driving norms for automated vehicle behavior prediction

G Ma, N Beckage, N Ahmed, I Alvarez - US Patent App. 16/912,241, 2020 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for technology that generates a
series of time-stamped object graphs based on object trajectory histories derived from …

Autonomous detection of and backing to trailer kingpin

S Delizo, YL Han, C Heussy, C Hofgaard… - US Patent …, 2024 - Google Patents
A method of autonomously backing a vehicle (eg, a tractor unit) to a trailer (eg, a semi-trailer)
comprising a trailer-mounted coupling device (eg, a kingpin). The method includes …

Detection of small objects under an autonomous vehicle chassis

Z Shi, Z Xiangchen - US Patent App. 17/502,482, 2022 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND [0003] One aim of autonomous vehicle technologies is to provide vehicles
that can safely navigate towards a destina tion with limited or no driver assistance. In some …

Self-reflection filtering

M Chen, HU Xiaoxiang - US Patent 11,977,165, 2024 - Google Patents
The technology relates to handling of self-reflections of sensor signals off of a portion of a
vehicle that is operating in an autonomous driving mode. Vehicle pose information and …

Method for ascertaining a spatial orientation of a trailer

G Nageswaran, B Haas, D Eckstein… - US Patent App. 17 …, 2022 - Google Patents
A method for ascertaining a spatial orientation of a trailer of an autonomously driving towing
vehicle with trailer. In the method, sensor data of a plurality of different sensor types are …

System and method for compensating a motion of a vehicle component

B Jeno, A Szoellosi, G Seres, B Gal, A Batai… - US Patent …, 2024 - Google Patents
A system compensates a motion of a vehicle component relative to another vehicle
component or ground. One or more sensors are supported by the vehicle component. The …

Ranging using a shared path optical coupler

AY Piggott - US Patent App. 18/238,042, 2023 - Google Patents
G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR
VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE …

System for determining the angular position of a trailer

D Guerrero, B Lugez - US Patent 11,745,660, 2023 - Google Patents
A system for determining at least one pitch angle of a trailer relative to a towing vehicle, the
system including a camera mounted on the towing vehicle and capable of acquiring images …

Ranging using a shared path optical coupler

AY Piggott - US Patent 11,789,124, 2023 - Google Patents
Described are various configurations for transmitting and receiving optical light using a
shared path ranging system. The shared path ranging system can include an optical router …