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US 2023/0140830 A2Published application
Implement recognition lighting
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsNathan R. Demski, Brian M. Huenink, Eric A. Keen
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Abstract
Systems and methods for targeted illumination of an object coupled to a machine, such as an implement coupled to an agricultural vehicle, are disclosed. The systems and methods include sensing an area adjacent to the machine, determining whether an implement is present in the sensed area, and providing targeted illumination to the detected object while avoiding the provision of light to the area that is not occupied by the object.
Claims20
An illumination control system comprising:
- a lighting system comprising a plurality of light sources having an arrangement in which each light source provides selective illumination to different regions of an area;
- a sensor that detects an object within the area surrounding the lighting system;
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- a controller communicably coupled to the lighting system and the sensor to receive a signal from the sensor indicative of a condition of the area, to determine whether the condition reflects an object being positioned adjacent to the lighting system, and selectively to activate one or more of the plurality of light sources to provide targeted illumination to illuminate a detected object while preventing illumination to portions of the area not occupied by the detected object.
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A method of selectively illuminating an area, the method comprising:
- sensing, with a sensor, a condition of an area;
- determining the presence of an object within the area based on the sensed condition using machine learning;
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- selectively actuating one or more light sources to provide targeted illumination to a portion of the area occupied by a detected object and prevent actuating one or more other light sources that provides illumination to portions of the area not occupied by the detected object.
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An agricultural vehicle comprising:
- a body;
- an implement connector;
- a lighting system coupled to a first portion of the body, the lighting system comprising a plurality of light sources;
- a plurality of sensors distributed along a second portion of the body that senses an area adjacent to at least a portion of the body;
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- a controller communicably coupled to the lighting system and the plurality of sensors, the controller operable to receive signals from the plurality of sensors, determine the presence of an implement within the sensed area, and selectively actuate one or more of the light sources to provide targeted illumination to a detected implement while preventing actuation of other light sources of the plurality of light sources that would provide illumination to a portion of the area not occupied by the detected implement.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.