Patents by Inventor Mathieu PECCHIOLI

Mathieu PECCHIOLI has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for determining the angular position of a trailer relative to a towing vehicle
    Patent number: 12657767
    Abstract: A method for determining a yaw angle of a longitudinal axis of a trailer relative to a longitudinal axis of a towing vehicle to which the trailer is hitched at a hitching point. The method includes: acquiring, by a camera mounted on a lateral side of the towing vehicle and oriented toward the trailer, an image of at least one lateral portion of the trailer; determining a reference on the image that is visible on the trailer; determining a visible length on the image between the reference and a vertical edge of the image oriented toward the towing vehicle; determining the yaw angle at least based on a horizontal field of view of the camera, a width of a matrix of pixels of the camera along a horizontal axis of the camera, coordinates of the hitching point, the visible length, and dimensions of at least one portion of the trailer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: Continental Autonomous Mobility Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Mathieu Pecchioli, Jean-Baptiste Vimort, Arnaud Moulas
  • METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE ANGULAR POSITION OF A TRAILER RELATIVE TO A TOWING VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20250173894
    Abstract: A method for determining a yaw angle of a longitudinal axis of a trailer relative to a longitudinal axis of a towing vehicle to which the trailer is hitched at a hitching point. The method includes: acquiring, by a camera mounted on a lateral side of the towing vehicle and oriented toward the trailer, an image of at least one lateral portion of the trailer; determining a reference on the image that is visible on the trailer; determining a visible length on the image between the reference and a vertical edge of the image oriented toward the towing vehicle; determining the yaw angle at least based on a horizontal field of view of the camera, a width of a matrix of pixels of the camera along a horizontal axis of the camera, coordinates of the hitching point, the visible length, and dimensions of at least one portion of the trailer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2024
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Applicant: Continental Autonomous Mobility Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Mathieu PECCHIOLI, Jean-Baptiste VIMORT, Arnaud MOULAS