ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,709,253, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC (Avon, Ohio).

"Systems and method for controlling braking at a trailer based on forward looking imaging sensor data" was invented by Thomas S. Miller Jr. (Lagrange, Ohio) and Subashish Sasmal (Avon, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for controlling braking at a trailer in a tractor-trailer vehicle configuration based on forward looking imaging sensor data are disclosed. In one form, a system comprises a processor configured to receive instructions to initiate braking of a vehicle and a trailer; receive information from a sensor compris...