Video Overlays for RC/Autonomous Machine
AssigneeCaterpillar Inc.
InventorsSeth Redenbo, Brian Funke, Daniel Dunn
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Abstract
A method and system for remote monitoring of an earthmoving machine provide machine video with overlaid graphical indicators via a video display at an operator center. In an embodiment, video data and machine data encompassing machine operational parameters are captured at the machine. The video data and the machine data are transmitted to the operator center and graphical indicators are generated at the operator center, with each graphical indicator corresponding to a separate machine operational parameter. The machine video data is then displayed on a display screen at the operator center with the graphical indicators overlaid on the displayed video in multiple separate region of the display screen.
Claims20
A method for displaying information regarding an earthmoving machine via a video display at a remote operator center, the method comprising:
- receiving machine video data and machine operational data at the remote operator center, the machine operational data including data relating to a plurality of machine operational parameters;
- generating a plurality of graphical indicators, each graphical indicator corresponding to a different one of the plurality of machine operational parameters;
- generating a guide graphic based on a calibration procedure;
- displaying the received machine video data on a display screen at the operator center;
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- visually overlaying the plurality of graphical indicators and the guide graphic on the displayed machine video data, each graphical indicator being displayed in a separate region of the display screen.
A method for remote monitoring of an earthmoving machine via a video display at an operator center, the method comprising:
- capturing video data at the machine via a video camera;
- capturing machine data at the machine relating to a plurality of machine operational parameters;
- transmitting the video data and the machine data to the operator center;
- generating a plurality of graphical indicators at the operator center, each graphical indicator corresponding to a different one of the plurality of machine operational parameters;
- displaying the machine video data on a display screen at the operator center with the plurality of graphical indicators overlaid on the displayed machine video data such that each graphical indicator is displayed in a separate region of the display screen.
A system for remotely monitoring an earthmoving machine, the system comprising:
- a video display screen;
- a machine operational data source for supplying machine operational data, the machine operational data comprising a plurality of machine operational parameters;
- a machine video data source for supplying video data gathered by a video camera at the machine;
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- a controller configured to receive the machine operational data and the machine video data and to overlay the machine operational data on the machine video data such that two or more of the plurality of machine operational parameters are displayed as separate graphical indicators overlaid on the machine video data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.