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US 12,571,669 B2Granted
Detecting and generating a rendering of fill level and distribution of material in receiving vehicle(s)
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsKellen O'Connor, Ryan R. White, Sara C. Wendte
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Abstract
A detector detects a fill level of a receiving vehicle. A rendering is generated that shows a representation of the receiving vehicle and a distribution of the material in the receiving vehicle based on the detected fill level.
Claims20
A material filling system comprising:
- a camera, on a material loading vehicle, configured to capture a plurality of images of material being loaded onto a receiving vehicle;
- one or more processors;
- and
- a data store that stores computer executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, configure the one or more processors to:
- based on an image of the plurality of images, identify a fill level and material distribution of material on the receiving vehicle and generate a plurality of different computer-generated renderings of the receiving vehicle, each computer-generated rendering, of the plurality of different computer-generated renderings, showing the fill level and material distribution, wherein a computer-generated rendering, of the plurality of different computer-generated renderings, shows the fill level and material distribution in a three-dimensional representation of the receiving vehicle;
- based on subsequent images of the plurality of images and subsequent to the image, dynamically, at a given frequency, identify an updated fill level and material distribution on the receiving vehicle;
- adjust the given frequency based on a fill level threshold;
- and
- generate a display control signal to control a display mechanism to simultaneously display the plurality of different computer-generated renderings.
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A computer-implemented method comprising:
- obtaining a plurality of images, of material being loaded onto a receiving vehicle, captured by a camera on a material loading vehicle;
- based on an image of the plurality of images, identifying a fill level and material distribution of material on the receiving vehicle and generating a plurality of different computer-generated renderings of the receiving vehicle, each computer-generated rendering, of the plurality of different computer-generated renderings, showing the fill level and material distribution, wherein a computer-generated rendering, of the plurality of different computer-generated renderings, shows the fill level and material distribution in a three-dimensional representation of the receiving vehicle;
- based on subsequent images of the plurality of images and subsequent to the image, dynamically, at a given frequency, identifying an updated fill level and material distribution on the receiving vehicle;
- adjusting the given frequency based on a fill level threshold;
- and
- generating a display control signal to control a display mechanism to simultaneously display the plurality of different computer-generated renderings.
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A material loading vehicle comprising:
- a camera configured to capture a plurality of images of material being loaded onto a receiving vehicle;
- one or more processors;
- and
- a data store that stores computer executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, configure the one or more processors to:
- based on an image of the plurality of images, identify a fill level and material distribution of material on the receiving vehicle and generate a plurality of different computer-generated renderings of the receiving vehicle, each computer-generated rendering, of the plurality of different computer-generated renderings, showing the fill level and material distribution, wherein a computer-generated rendering, of the plurality of different computer-generated renderings, shows the fill level and material distribution in a three-dimensional representation of the receiving vehicle;
- based on subsequent images of the plurality of images and subsequent to the image, dynamically, at a given frequency, identify an updated fill level and material distribution on the receiving vehicle;
- adjust the given frequency based on a fill level threshold;
- and
- generate a display control signal to control a display mechanism to simultaneously display the plurality of different computer-generated renderings.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.