Title:
DETECTOR FOR TRAILER CONNECTION ANGLE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2002068032
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To simplify structure, to reduce an angle error, and to dispense with large-scaled modification for a trailer.
Favorable image positions of corner edges 2R, 2L of a front panel 2a or front vertical markers 5aR, 5aL provided in corner edges, and side face vertical markers 5bR, 5bL, which are photographed by a TV camera mounted on a tractor, are detected to find a connection angle and a curved direction of the trailer based on the image positions of the corner edges or the vertical markers approaching to the camera.
Inventors:
MINAMINO MASAAKI
Application Number:
JP2000253908A
Publication Date:
March 08, 2002
Filing Date:
August 24, 2000
Export Citation:
Assignee:
ISUZU MOTORS LTD
International Classes:
G01B11/26; B62D13/00; B62D15/02; B62D53/00; G06T1/00; G06T7/60; (IPC1-7): B62D53/00; B62D13/00; B62D15/02; G01B11/26; G06T1/00; G06T7/60
Domestic Patent References:
JPH0713588U | 1995-03-07 | |||
JPH06147862A | 1994-05-27 | |||
JPH10332373A | 1998-12-18 | |||
JPH10229554A | 1998-08-25 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Shuji Moizumi
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