Dynamic viewing system on a work machine

A control system on a work machine, comprising:

• a swing angle sensor configured to detect a swing angle indicative of an angle that an upper house of the work machine is rotated, from a reference position, relative to a lower carriage of the work machine;
• a travel offset generation system configured to detect a direction of travel of the work machine over a surface on which the work machine is traveling;
• a dynamic display generation system configured to generate a display of an area ahead of the work machine in the direction of travel based on the swing angle, wherein the dynamic display generation system comprises:
• a plurality of image capture sensors capturing overlapping images of areas about a periphery of the upper house;
• a combined view generator configured to combine the overlapping images to obtain a combined image showing an area around an entire periphery of the upper house;
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• a dynamic view selector configured to automatically select a display portion of the combined image, the selected display portion preferentially showing the area along the periphery of the upper house in the direction of travel;
• and
• a view output system configured to display the display on a display device in an operator compartment of the work machine.

A work machine comprising:

• an upper house;
• a lower carriage;
• at least one processor;
• and
• memory storing instructions executable by the at least one processor, wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the work machine to perform:
• detecting a swing angle indicative of an angle that the upper house is rotated relative to the lower carriage from a reference position;
• detecting a direction of travel of the work machine over a surface on which the work machine is traveling;
• generating a display of an area ahead of the work machine in the direction of travel based on the swing angle, wherein generating the display comprises:
• receiving a plurality of overlapping images of areas about a periphery of the upper house;
• combining the plurality of overlapping images to obtain a combined image showing an area around an entire periphery of the upper house;
• and
• automatically selecting a display portion of the combined image preferentially showing the area along the periphery of the upper house in the direction of travel;
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• displaying the display on a display device in an operator compartment of the work machine.