System for covering a camera lens of an earthmoving machine
AssigneeCaterpillar Inc.
InventorCameron Jensen
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Abstract
A system associated with remote operation of an earthmoving machine is disclosed. The system includes an enclosure to be mounted on the earthmoving machine and including a window and a port. The system further includes a camera within the enclosure and including a lens that is aligned with the window. The system further includes a gas supply coupled to the port. The system further includes a cover within the enclosure, wherein when the camera is inactive, the cover has a first position between the window and the lens, and when the camera is active, a flow of gas from the gas supply causes the cover to move away from the first position.
Claims20
A system associated with remote operation of an earthmoving machine, comprising:
- an enclosure to be mounted on the earthmoving machine and including a window and a port;
- a camera within the enclosure and including a lens that is aligned with the window;
- a gas supply coupled to the port;
- and
- a cover within the enclosure, wherein:
- when the camera is inactive, the cover has a first position between the window and the lens, and
- when the camera is active, a flow of gas from the gas supply causes the cover to move away from the first position.
A system associated with remote operation of an earthmoving machine, comprising:
- an enclosure to be mounted on the earthmoving machine;
- a camera within the enclosure;
- a cover within the enclosure;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- determine that the earthmoving machine is to be operated remotely;
- and
- cause, based on determining that the earthmoving machine is to be operated remotely, a flow of gas into the enclosure,
- wherein the flow of gas into the enclosure causes the cover to move away from a first position that is between a lens of the camera and a window of the enclosure.
A system comprising:
- an enclosure including a front wall, a back wall, and a side wall that collectively define an interior space of the enclosure, the front wall including a window to be aligned with a lens of a camera that is to be positioned within the enclosure, and the rear wall including a port to be coupled to a gas supply into the interior space of the enclosure;
- a guard assembly within the interior space of the enclosure and including:
- a pivot joint coupled to the enclosure and configured to pivot the guard assembly about a lateral axis of the enclosure;
- a cover coupled to the pivot joint towards the front wall;
- and
- a plate coupled to the pivot joint towards the back wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.