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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2016
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Stephen P. Lu, Peoria, IL (US);
Ted J. Pauly, Washington, IL (US);
Conor D. Aberle, Bloomington, IL (US);
Mark S. Diekevers, Washington, IL (US);
Michael D. Hasselbusch, Metamora, IL (US);
Kevin N. O'Brien, Edwards, IL (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for command-driven automatic and semi-automatic mobile wear detection are disclosed. One method may include: transmitting, by a mobile device, a request indicative of a desire to determine a wear metric associated with a part; receiving, by the mobile device, first data associated with the part and indicative of a directive for the mobile device to display an instruction for the mobile device to be situated in a specified position; responsive to a determination, by the mobile device, that the mobile device is situated in the specified position, receiving, by a camera of the mobile device, visual data associated with the part; receiving, by the mobile device, second data indicative of a directive for the mobile device to process the visual data; determining, by the mobile device, the wear metric based, at least, on the processed visual data.