Raven Industries, Inc.

Rahul Ramakrishnan

Thomas Antony

Colin Josh Hurd

Quincy Calvin Milloy

Mark William Barglof

Aziz Alibasic

Venkata Rama Karthik Paga

A framework for safely operating autonomous machinery, such as vehicles and other heavy equipment, in an in-field or off-road environment, includes detecting, identifying, and tracking objects from on-board sensors configured with the autonomous machinery as it performs activities in either an agricultural setting or a transportation environment. The framework generates commands for navigational control of autonomously-operated vehicles in response to detected objects and predicted tracks thereof for safe operation in the performance of those activities. The framework processes image data and range data in multiple fields of view around the autonomously-operated to discern and track objects in a deep learning to accurately interpret this data for determining and effecting such navigational control.

Object detection and tracking for automated operation of vehicles and machinery

A framework for safely operating autonomous machinery, such as vehicles and other heavy equipment, in an in-field or off-road environment, includes detecting, identifying, classifying and tracking objects and/or terrain characteristics from on-board sensors that capture images in front and around the autonomous machinery as it performs agricultural or other activities. The framework generates commands for navigational control of the autonomous machinery in response to perceived objects and terrain impacting safe operation. The framework processes image data and range data in multiple fields of view around the autonomous equipment to discern objects and terrain, and applies artificial intelligence techniques in one or more neural networks to accurately interpret this data for enabling such safe operation.

Safety system for autonomous operation of off-road and agricultural vehicles using machine learning for detection and identification of obstacles

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Ames, IA, United States of America

Rahul Ramakrishnan