Reversing assist system for a mining truck

A method for assisting with reversing a mining truck, the method comprising:

• mounting an image capturing device to capture a wide angled view of a rearward field of the mining truck including portions of at least two rear tires of the mining truck and portions of a rear end of a dump body of the mining truck;
• obtaining, by a controller, a video feed of the wide angled view of the rearward field captured by the image capturing device;
• overlaying, by the controller, a first static indicator and a second static indicator on the video feed, wherein the first static indicator spans, at least partially, an inner, lateral distance between the at least two rear tires of the mining truck and the second static indicator represents portions of an outer periphery of the mining truck, the second static indicator including a pair of corner indicators representative of laterally opposite corners of the rear end of the dump body of the mining truck or a predetermined reference distance from the corners of the rear end of the dump body, the pair of corner indicators being laterally spaced from one another and representing a width of the mining truck, the second static indicator including a gap between the pair of corner indicators to provide an unobstructed area of the video feed laterally between the corner indicators;
• and
• overlaying, by the controller, a dynamic indicator on the video feed that dynamically changes to predict a rearward path of the mining truck on the video feed based on an angular movement of the mining truck in a rearward direction.

A mining truck comprising:

• at least two rear tires;
• a dump body supported on the at least two rear tires, the dump body defining a rear end;
• and
• a reversing assist system including:
• an image capturing device to capture a wide angled view of a rearward field of the mining truck including portions of the at least two rear tires of the mining truck and portions of the rear end;
• and
• a controller operatively coupled to the image capturing device, the controller configured to:
• obtain a video feed of the wide angled view of the rearward field captured by the image capturing device;
• overlay a first static indicator and a second static indicator on the video feed, wherein the first static indicator spans, at least partially, an inner, lateral distance between the at least two rear tires of the mining truck and the second static indicator represents portions of an outer periphery of the mining truck, the second static indicator including a pair of corner indicators representative of laterally opposite corners of the rear end of the dump body of the mining truck or a predetermined reference distance from the corners of the rear end of the dump body, the pair of corner indicators being laterally spaced from one another and representing a width of the mining truck, the second static indicator including a gap between the pair of corner indicators to provide an unobstructed area of the video feed laterally between the corner indicators;
• and
• overlay a dynamic indicator on the video feed that dynamically changes to predict a rearward path of the mining truck on the video feed based on an angular movement of the mining truck in a rearward direction.