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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2013
Applicant:
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Inventors:
Michael D Hasselbusch, Metamora, IL (US);
Stephen Paul Lu, Peoria, IL (US);
Erich Owen Mathews, Atlanta, GA (US);
Mark Steven Diekevers, Germantown Hills, IL (US);
Jonathan Taylor Blocksom, Reston, VA (US);
Todd R. Goins, Germantown Hills, IL (US);
Assignee:
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0006 (2013.01); G06T 7/0018 (2013.01); G06T 7/0085 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30164 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for determining part wear using a mobile device. One such exemplary method includes capturing, using the mobile device, at least one digital image of a wear part of a machine. The method further includes determining, by the mobile device and based on the at least one digital image, a degree of wear of the wear part.