Agricultural vehicle with fused sensor vision
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorsChristopher Fedor, Murali Rajakumar
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Abstract
An agricultural vehicle includes a vision system. The vision system includes multiple cameras, a radar transceiver, and a controller. The multiple cameras are configured to produce image data of an area proximate the agricultural vehicle. The radar transceiver is configured to produce radar data of the area proximate the agricultural vehicle. The controller is configured to obtain the image data and the radar data, and combine the image data and the radar data to produce combined image and radar data. The combined image and radar data accounts for dust clouds in the area proximate the agricultural vehicle. The controller is also configured to present the combined image and radar data to an operator of the agricultural vehicle.
Claims20
An agricultural vehicle comprising:
- a vision system comprising:
- a plurality of cameras configured to produce image data of an area proximate the agricultural vehicle;
- a radar transceiver configured to produce radar data of the area proximate the agricultural vehicle;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- obtain the image data and the radar data;
- combine the image data and the radar data to produce combined image and radar data, the combined image and radar data accounting for dust clouds in the area proximate the agricultural vehicle;
- and
- present the combined image and radar data to an operator of the agricultural vehicle.
A vision system for an agricultural vehicle comprising:
- a plurality of cameras configured to produce image data of an area proximate the agricultural vehicle;
- a radar transceiver configured to produce radar data of the area proximate the agricultural vehicle;
- and
- processing circuitry configured to:
- obtain the image data and the radar data;
- combine the image data and the radar data to produce combined image and radar data, the combined image and radar data accounting for dust clouds in the area proximate the agricultural vehicle;
- and
- present the combined image and radar data to an operator of the agricultural vehicle.
A method for detecting objects in an environment of an agricultural vehicle, the method comprising:
- obtaining image data from a plurality of cameras configured to capture image data of visible light, and obtaining radar data from a radar transmitter and receiver;
- combining the image data with the radar data to produce combined image and radar data that accounts for dust clouds or particulate matter in an area proximate the agricultural vehicle that obstruct representation of an object by the image data, the object represented by the radar data;
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- operating a display screen to display the combined image and radar data to an operator of the agricultural vehicle so that the operator can view a visual representation of the object obstructed by the dust clouds or the particulate matter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.