Virtual heads-up display application for a work machine
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorScott S. Hendron
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Abstract
A head-mounted augmented reality device for an operator of a work machine is presented. The augmented reality device comprises a display component configured to generate and display an augmented reality overlay while providing the operator with a substantially unobstructed view. The augmented reality device also comprises a field of view component configured to detect an object within a field of view of the operator. The augmented reality device also comprises a wireless communication component configured to communicate with at least one information source. The augmented reality device also comprises a processing component configured to receive an indication from the at least one information source, and display the indication in association with the detected object.
Claims20
A method for displaying information with an augmented reality device cooperating with a work machine, comprising:
- receiving, from a plurality of sensors on the work machine, sensor information about the operation of the work machine;
- detecting a field of view of an operator of the work machine via a camera;
- identifying an identified object within the field of view by a computing device;
- choosing object sensor information for the identified object, the object sensor information from one of the plurality of sensors, the object sensor information related to the identified object;
- generating an augmented reality overlay for the operator, the augmented reality overlay including an indication positioned in association with the identified object, the indication including the object sensor information;
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- displaying, for the operator, the augmented reality overlay, the augmented reality overlay superimposed over at least a portion of the field of view of the operator.
An augmented reality system, comprising:
- a work machine;
- a plurality of information sources configured to receive sensor information about the operation of the work machine;
- a camera configured to detect a field of view of an operator of the work machine;
- a computing device configured to identify an identified object within the field of view and to choose object sensor information for the identified object, the object sensor information from one of the plurality of information sources, the object sensor information related to the identified object;
- an augmented reality device in communication with the work machine and having a display configured to generate an augmented reality overlay for the operator, the augmented reality overlay including an indication positioned in association with the identified object, the indication including the object sensor information, and to display, for the operator, the augmented reality overlay over the field of view of the operator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.