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US 12,135,571 B2Granted
Control system for controlling filling based on load weight
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsJeremy J. Faust, Kellen O'Connor
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Abstract
A receiving vehicle is automatically identified and the number of times it is filled is automatically counted. Control signals can be generated based on the number of times the receiving vehicle is filled.
Claims20
A material loading system, comprising:
- a receiving vehicle identification system that automatically identifies a receiving vehicle that receives material from a material loading vehicle;
- a fill level detection system that automatically detects a fill level of the material in the identified receiving vehicle;
- a fill data generation system that automatically generates a load count corresponding to the identified receiving vehicle, the load count being indicative of a number of times that the identified receiving vehicle has been filled with material during a load count window;
- and
- an output generator that generates an output control signal to output the load count corresponding to the identified receiving vehicle.
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A computer implemented method of controlling a material loading system, the computer implemented method comprising:
- automatically identifying a receiving vehicle that receives material from a material loading vehicle;
- automatically detecting a fill level of the material in the identified receiving vehicle;
- automatically generating a load count corresponding to the identified receiving vehicle, the load count being indicative of a number of times that the identified receiving vehicle has been filled with material during a load count window;
- and
- generating an output control signal to output the load count corresponding to the identified receiving vehicle.
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A material loading system comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- memory storing computer executable instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform steps comprising:
- receive an image of a portion of a receiving vehicle that receives material from a material loading vehicle;
- performing image processing on the image to automatically identify the receiving vehicle;
- automatically detecting a fill level of the material in the identified receiving vehicle;
- automatically generating a load count corresponding to the identified receiving vehicle, the load count being indicative of a number of times that the identified receiving vehicle has been filled with material during a load count window;
- automatically generating an estimated weight value based on the identified receiving vehicle and the fill level, the estimated weight value being indicative of an estimated weight of the material in the identified receiving vehicle;
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- generating an output control signal based on the load count and the estimated weight value.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.