ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,608,903, issued on April 21, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).
"Methods and apparatus to estimate trailer load" was invented by Keith Weston (Canton, Mich.), Brendan Diamond (Grosse Pointe, Mich.) and Michael Alan Mcnees (Flat Rock, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus to estimate trailer load are disclosed. An example apparatus comprises memory, instructions, and programmable circuitry to execute the instructions to determine a threshold value associated with at least one of a vehicle or a trailer, the trailer couplable to the vehicle, access an image containing an object to be placed...