Motion Metrics International Corp.

Saeed Karimifard

Shahram Tafazoli Bilandi

Mohammad Sameti

Saman Nouranian

Mahdi Ramezani

Amin Suzani

Nazanin Hamzei

Glen Richard Floyd Turner

Haobing Chu

Enoch Chow

Neda Parnian

Matthew Alexander Baumann

An apparatus for analyzing a payload being transported in a load carrying container of a vehicle is disclosed. The apparatus includes a camera disposed to successively capture images of vehicles traversing a field of view of the camera. The apparatus also includes at least one processor in communication with the camera, the at least one processor being operably configured to select at least one image from the successively captured images in response to a likelihood of a vehicle and load carrying container being within the field of view in the at least one image, and image data associated with the least one image meeting a suitability criterion for further processing. The further processing includes causing the at least one processor to process the selected image to identify a payload region of interest within the image and to generate a payload analysis within the identified payload region of interest based the image data associated with the least one image.

Apparatus for analyzing a payload being transported in a load carrying container of a vehicle

A method and apparatus for locating and/or determining the condition of a wear part in an image of an operating implement associated with heavy equipment is disclosed. The method involves capturing at least one image of the operating implement during operation of the heavy equipment, the image including a plurality of pixels each having an intensity value. The method also involves selecting successive pixel subsets within the plurality of pixels, and processing each pixel subset to determine whether pixel intensity values in the pixel subset meet a matching criterion indicating a likelihood that the pixel subset corresponds to the wear part. The matching criterion is based on processing a labeled set of training images during a training exercise prior to capturing the at least one image of the operating implement.

Method and apparatus for locating a wear part in an image of an operating implement

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Saeed Karimifard