US Patent Issued to STONERIDGE on Feb. 17 for "Camera monitor system utilizing trailer angle detection based upon DOT tape" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,321, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to STONERIDGE INC. (Novi, Mich.).

"Camera monitor system utilizing trailer angle detection based upon DOT tape" was invented by Liang Ma (Rochester, Mich.), Mohammad Gudarzi (Wixom, Mich.) and Aminul Hoque (Novi, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of operating a camera monitor system (CMS) includes capturing an image that encompasses a trailer with Department of Transportation (DOT) tape, identifying the DOT tape, determining a line that is formed by the DOT tape, calculating a line angle from the line, and ascertaining a trailer angle from the line angle."

The patent was filed on Sept...