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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2020
Caterpillar Paving Products Inc., Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Mark A. Tarvin, Canton, IL (US);
Jacob J. McAlpine, Otsego, MN (US);
John L. Marsolek, Watertown, MN (US);
Sivakumar P. Shanmugasundaram, Chennai, IN;
Caterpillar Paving Products Inc., Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Abstract
In one aspect, a method of determining lateral edges of an asphalt mat deposited by a paving machine includes obtaining thermal image data of the asphalt mat at a thermal measuring device associated with the paving machine, and determining, on the paving machine, the lateral edges of the asphalt mat based on a threshold temperature value and the thermal image data. Other aspects include a method of generating a thermal map of an asphalt mat formed by paving machine, and a system for determining lateral edges of an asphalt mat deposited by a paving machine.