Method for determining a material distribution condition in a tipper body
AssigneeVolvo Truck Corporation
InventorRichard SÖDER
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Abstract
A method for determining a material distribution condition in a tipper body of a tipper vehicle during a tipping event, the tipper body having a longitudinal extension along a longitudinal axis, and being arranged to be pivoted about a transversal axis, perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, during the tipping event, the method comprising generating an image of a surface of the material in the tipper body during the tipping event, and determining the material distribution condition in the tipper body using the image. A method for controlling a tipping event using the method, to a system, and to a vehicle are also disclosed.
Claims20
A method for determining a material distribution condition in a tipper body of a tipper vehicle during a tipping event, the tipper body having a longitudinal extension along a longitudinal axis, and being arranged to be pivoted about a transversal axis, perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, during the tipping event, the method comprising:
- generating an image of a surface of the material in the tipper body during the tipping event, and
- determining the material distribution condition in the tipper body using the image.
A system for determining a material distribution condition in a tipper body of a tipper vehicle during a tipping event, the tipper body having a longitudinal extension along a longitudinal axis, and being arranged to be pivoted about a transversal axis, perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, during the tipping event, the system comprising:
- one or more imaging devices for generating an image of a surface of the material in the tipper body during the tipping event, and
- a control unit configured for determining a material distribution condition in the tipper body using the image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.