Deere + Company

Daniel Chapa Montemayor

Gopal M Goenka

Bharat J Joshi

Vishwanath V Patil

Ignacio Alonso Martinez

Jesus Armando Montalvo Urbina

Jose Israel Vazquez

Nikhil D Tagalpallewar

Gerardo Castañeda Gonzalez

Juan Daniel González

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

One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for improvements to a work vehicle that utilizes an implement that may be partially obscured from operator view during use. A camera array can be mounted to the vehicle to generate image data for the working environment of the implement and target object of the implement. Further, a gaze direction and position for the vehicle operator can be detected using a second camera array. The implement image data and operator image data can be combined to generate an augmented image for display in the line of sight of the operator. The augmented image comprises computer generated representations of the implement where it is obscured from view, along with the target object. In this way, the operator can effectively interact with the target object, even though the implement and object may be out of direct sight of the operator.

Visibility of work implement using augmented reality

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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Daniel Chapa Montemayor