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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:
Dec. 25, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2015
Applicant:
Trimble Navigation Limited, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ricky L. Ochsendorf, Prior Lake, MN (US);
Michael D. Nalepka, Franklin, TN (US);
Assignee:
Trimble Navigation Limited, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/28 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/28 (2013.01); G01C 21/343 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for use with a vehicle comprising a tractor and a trailer includes one or more image capture devices. The one or more image capture devices capture images of the interior of a trailer and/or cargo items of the trailer. An image processor estimates available cargo space within the trailer based on the captured images.