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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2016
Applicant:
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Inventors:
Hassan Ali, Peoria, IL (US);
Doug Husted, Secor, IL (US);
Assignee:
Caterpillar Inc., Deerfield, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/265 (2006.01); H04N 5/247 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/265 (2013.01); H04N 5/23238 (2013.01); H04N 5/247 (2013.01);
Abstract
Imaging a machine environment includes receiving image data from imaging devices on a machine, and comparing a calibration feature in an image defined by the image data with a virtual reference feature in a stored calibration model. A plurality of images are stitched together based on an error between the calibration feature and the virtual reference feature, to produce a composite image of the machine environment. Related setup control logic and strategy, and hardware configurations are disclosed.