Deere & Company

Bharat J Joshi

Gopal M Goenka

Vishwanath V Patil

Nikhil D Tagalpallewar

Daniel Chapa Montemayor

Ignacio Alonso Martinez

Jesus Armando Montalvo Urbina

Jose Israel Vazquez

Gerardo Castañeda Gonzalez

Gerardo Gonzalez Castañeda

Apparatus and methods are provided for monitoring usage operation of equipment carried on a vehicle. A vision system generates target device data representative of an obtained image of a set of target devices carried on a loader. Loader monitoring logic is executed by a processor to determine a current loader movement of the loader from first to second loader poses based on the target device data. Maintenance alert data is generated based on a sum of a first time duration of the current loader movement and an aggregated time duration of previously determined loader movements of the loader exceeding a predetermined loader maintenance time threshold. A maintenance alert image is generated based on the maintenance alert data and is displayed on a screen viewable by an operator. The maintenance alert image includes maintenance notification information to alert the operator of required loader maintenance.

Method and apparatus monitoring operation of a work vehicle attachment for scheduling maintenance

A virtual guidance apparatus assists movement of a loader for connection of a tool carrier with an implement. A vision sensor device generates implement image data representative of an image of an implement adjacent to the tractor. Based on the implement image data relative difference data is generated representative of a relative position between an implement attachment feature that is mutually coupleable with a corresponding carrier attachment feature for coupling the tool carrier with the implement. Based on the relative difference data, alignment guidance data is generated representative of an incremental movement for moving the loader relative to the implement. A visual movement instruction is displayed based on the implement image data and the alignment guidance data superimposed on a viewable image of the implement. The visual movement instruction provides instructions to the operator for moving the loader relative to the implement for coupling the tool carrier with the implement.

System and method providing overlays for assisting coupling loaders with implements

A virtual guidance apparatus and method assist an operator to maneuver a loader of a work vehicle for material handling of a workpiece. The virtual guidance apparatus includes a guidance control unit, one or more camera devices mounted on the associated work vehicle and operable to obtain an image of a loader of the associated work vehicle, and a display unit operatively coupled with the guidance control unit and displaying on a screen of the display unit that is viewable from an operator's seat of the associated work vehicle visual aids for guiding the operator in operating the loader to position a boom relative to level ground, to position a tool carrier on an end of the boom, to show a preview of a path of the tool carrier and of tools attached with the tool carrier, and to assist in positioning the workpiece load to be manipulated.

System and method providing visual aids for workpiece manipulator positioning and movement preview path

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Bharat J Joshi