Patents Assigned to Caterpillar of Australia Pty
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Patent number: 10591640Abstract: Described herein is a method of determining a mine worksite's terrain. The method may include determining positions of a surface of the worksite based on measurements relating to the worksite's terrain. At least some of the measurements may be received from a plurality of mobile machines on the worksite. The method may include transmitting a first subset of the determined positions to a first mobile machine on the worksite. A corresponding computing system and computer-readable medium for executing the method are also described.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2015Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Caterpillar of Australia Pty, Ltd.Inventor: Darryl V. Collins
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Patent number: 10365404Abstract: Described herein is a method of determining a terrain of a mine worksite. The method may include determining positions of a surface of the worksite from measurements relating to the worksite's terrain. The method may also include determining errors corresponding to the determined positions. The method may also include generating a terrain model that maps the positions and the errors corresponding the positions.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2015Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Caterpillar of Australia Pty. Ltd.Inventor: Darryl V. Collins
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Patent number: 10198534Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method and computing system for illustrating elevations in an image corresponding to an area of interest that is at least a portion of a mine worksite. The method includes determining, by a selection, a first dataset that includes a plurality of elevation values defining an elevation topography for a first area of interest. The method further includes, for each of the at least a portion of the elevation values in the first dataset, determining a corresponding color for illustrating the elevation value according to a scale of colors. The scale spans a defined range of altitudes. Each color in the scale is definable by a hue; and at least one parameter for influencing at least one of a lightness and a darkness of the color. The color scale is defined to progress through a spectrum of hues across the defined range of altitudes.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2015Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: Caterpillar of Australia Pty. Ltd.Inventor: Glen Peter Blanchard
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Publication number: 20170336239Abstract: Described herein is a computer-implemented method for estimating a true fuel level of a vehicle. The method comprises: accessing an estimate as to a current state of the vehicle, the current state of the vehicle comprising a current fuel level state; predicting the state of the vehicle at a future time based on the current state of the vehicle; accessing a measured state of the vehicle based on sensor data; estimating a true state of the vehicle based on the predicted state of the vehicle and the measured state of the vehicle, the true state of the vehicle comprising an estimate as to the true fuel level of the vehicle; and outputting the estimated true fuel level of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2015Publication date: November 23, 2017Applicant: Caterpillar of Australia Pty LtdInventor: Darryl V. Collins
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Publication number: 20170185906Abstract: A computer-implemented method for estimating an actual operational state of a machine of interest at a point in time is described. The method comprises operating a computer processing unit to receive a plurality of messages, each message comprising data relating to the machine of interest as it performs the worksite operation. The plurality of messages comprises data from at least two separate sources. The data is processed using a statistical process to generate an estimated actual operational state of the machine of interest at the point in time.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2015Publication date: June 29, 2017Applicant: Caterpillar of Australia Pty LtdInventor: Darryl V. Collins
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Publication number: 20170153717Abstract: Described herein is a computer processing system configured to: display a profile depiction of a work site terrain feature being designed, the profile depiction comprising a design plane line depicting a desired surface profile of the terrain feature; receive input from a pointing device, the input adjusting the elevation of a point on the design plane line; based on receiving input adjusting the elevation of the point on the design plane line, recalculate coordinates of the design plane line in accordance with the input received from the pointing device; and redisplay the design plane line in accordance with the recalculated coordinates.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2016Publication date: June 1, 2017Applicant: Caterpillar of Australia Pty Ltd.Inventors: Christina Moore, Brett Eisenmenger, Raymond Choong, Joseph Glynn
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Publication number: 20170018115Abstract: Described herein is a computer-implemented method for illustrating work status for an area of interest of a mine worksite. The method comprises determining a dataset comprising recorded data representing an elevation map of a surface of the mine worksite for at least the area of interest. The elevation map is based on measured data for the surface. The data set also comprises reference data representing a reference elevation topography for at least the area of interest. The method further comprises generating model data, based on the determined dataset, defining a 3-dimensional model for illustrating, in an image portraying a 3-dimensional view of the model, divergence between the elevation map and the reference elevation topography.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2015Publication date: January 19, 2017Applicant: Caterpillar of Australia PtyInventors: Glen Peter Blanchard, Brett Eisenmenger, Ramkumar Nagabhshanam
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Publication number: 20160170089Abstract: Described herein is a method of determining a mine worksite's terrain. The method may include determining positions of a surface of the worksite based on measurements relating to the worksite's terrain. At least some of the measurements may be received from a plurality of mobile machines on the worksite. The method may include transmitting a first subset of the determined positions to a first mobile machine on the worksite. A corresponding computing system and computer-readable medium for executing the method are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2015Publication date: June 16, 2016Applicant: Caterpillar of Australia Pty. Ltd.Inventor: Darryl V. Collins
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Publication number: 20160170090Abstract: Described herein is a method of determining a terrain of a mine worksite. The method may include determining positions of a surface of the worksite from measurements relating to the worksite's terrain. The method may also include determining errors corresponding to the determined positions. The method may also include generating a terrain model that maps the positions and the errors corresponding the positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2015Publication date: June 16, 2016Applicant: Caterpillar of Australia Pty. Ltd.Inventor: Darryl V. Collins
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Publication number: 20150347637Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method and computing system for illustrating elevations in an image corresponding to an area of interest that is at least a portion of a mine worksite. The method includes determining, by a selection, a first dataset that includes a plurality of elevation values defining an elevation topography for a first area of interest. The method further includes, for each of the at least a portion of the elevation values in the first dataset, determining a corresponding colour for illustrating the elevation value according to a scale of colours. The scale spans a defined range of altitudes. Each colour in the scale is definable by a hue; and at least one parameter for influencing at least one of a lightness and a darkness of the colour. The colour scale is defined to progress through a spectrum of hues across the defined range of altitudes.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2015Publication date: December 3, 2015Applicant: CATERPILLAR OF AUSTRALIA PTY. LTD.Inventor: Glen Peter Blanchard