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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.

Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017

Filed:

Jan. 21, 2015
Applicant:

Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);

Inventors:

Rodrigo Sanchez, Dunlap, IL (US);

Peter Petrany, Dunlap, IL (US);

Assignee:

Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 1/00 (2006.01); B60R 1/06 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G06T 3/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/265 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23296 (2013.01); B60R 1/00 (2013.01); G06T 3/00 (2013.01); H04N 5/265 (2013.01); B60R 2300/303 (2013.01); B60R 2300/602 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vision system for a machine system includes a first set of cameras mounted on the first section and a second set of cameras mounted on the second section of the machine. A controller is coupled to the first set of cameras and the second set of cameras. The controller includes a first and a second image transformation modules to convert a first and a second images captured by the first and the second set of cameras into a first and a second transformed image based at least on a view type, respectively. An image combination module combines the first transformed image and the second transformed image to a combined image with reference to the articulation joint. The image combination module communicates with a display device to display the combined image. The combined image is indicative of surroundings of the first section and the second section of the machine.


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