Caterpillar Inc.

Matthew Daniel Fike

Paul Russell Friend

Brad Robert Van De Veer

Qi Chen

Andrew Alfred Knitt

Michael William Bridenbaugh

Micheal David Valerio

Frank B Walton

Mark T DeCou

David Gitz

Brian D Huggins

Maikel Orlando Torres Pineiro

Jeffrey Walter Earleson

A controller may monitor a plurality of operations performed using one or more implements of the work machine. The controller may determine that the work machine is performing a particular operation based on monitoring the plurality of operations. The controller may obtain, based on information regarding the particular operation, camera view information, from a data structure, indicating that the particular operation is associated with a particular camera of a plurality of cameras of the work machine. Each camera, of the plurality of cameras, may capture a respective view of a plurality of views of the work machine. The controller may determine, based on the camera view information, that a bandwidth associated with a video stream, of a particular view of the work machine captured by the particular camera, is to be increased. The controller may increase the bandwidth associated with the video stream provided by the particular camera based on determining that the bandwidth is to be increased.

Adjusting camera bandwidth based on machine operation

A calibration jig for calibrating an image capturing device mounted on a machine is provided. A second rope is connected to a first rope at a first connection point. A third rope is connected to the first rope and the second rope at a second connection point and a third connection point respectively. The first, second, and third ropes, when taut, define the calibration triangle with the first, second, and the third connection points as vertices of the calibration triangle. A center rope is connected to the first connection point with a first anchor point associated with the machine. A first tether rope is connected to the second connection point of the calibration triangle with a second anchor point associated with the machine. A second tether rope is connected to the third connection point of the calibration triangle with a third anchor point associated with the machine.

Calibration jig

A particulate trap regeneration system is provided, which may include a particulate trap having a filter medium configured to remove one or more types of particulate matter from an exhaust flow of an engine and a regeneration device configured to reduce an amount of particulate matter in the particulate trap, as well as a radio frequency-based particulate loading monitoring system configured to determine an amount of particulate matter trapped by the filter medium. The particulate loading monitoring system may include at least one radio frequency transmitting probe configured to transmit radio frequency signals of predetermined magnitude and predetermined frequency toward the filter medium and at least one radio frequency receiving probe configured to receive and measure the magnitude of received radio frequency signals that pass through the filter medium. Further, the system may include a temperature sensing device configured to take a temperature measurement indicative of a temperature of the particulate trap at the time the radio signals are received by the receiving probe and a controller, which may be configured to determine, based on the measured magnitude of received radio frequency signals, a particulate loading value indicative of the amount of particulate matter trapped in the filter medium. The controller may also be configured to perform a temperature compensation including modifying, based on the temperature measurement, at least one of the following: the measured magnitude of the received radio frequency signals that pass through the filter medium or the particulate loading value.

Radio frequency-based particulate loading monitoring system

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Elmwood, IL, United States of America

Matthew Daniel Fike