Patents by Inventor Ignacio A. MARTINEZ

Ignacio A. MARTINEZ has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System and method providing visual aids for workpiece manipulator positioning and movement preview path
    Patent number: 12122296
    Abstract: A virtual guidance apparatus and method assist an operator to maneuver a loader of a work vehicle for material handling of a workpiece. The virtual guidance apparatus includes a guidance control unit, one or more camera devices mounted on the associated work vehicle and operable to obtain an image of a loader of the associated work vehicle, and a display unit operatively coupled with the guidance control unit and displaying on a screen of the display unit that is viewable from an operator's seat of the associated work vehicle visual aids for guiding the operator in operating the loader to position a boom relative to level ground, to position a tool carrier on an end of the boom, to show a preview of a path of the tool carrier and of tools attached with the tool carrier, and to assist in positioning the workpiece load to be manipulated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Inventors: Jose I. Vazquez, Ignacio A. Martinez, Nikhil D. Tagalpallewar, Gopal M. Goenka, Bharat J. Joshi, Jesus A. Montalvo Urbina, Daniel Chapa Montemayor, Gerardo Castañeda Gonzalez, Vishwanath V. Patil
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD PROVIDING VISUAL AIDS FOR WORKPIECE MANIPULATOR POSITIONING AND MOVEMENT PREVIEW PATH
    Publication number: 20220332249
    Abstract: A virtual guidance apparatus and method assist an operator to maneuver a loader of a work vehicle for material handling of a workpiece. The virtual guidance apparatus includes a guidance control unit, one or more camera devices mounted on the associated work vehicle and operable to obtain an image of a loader of the associated work vehicle, and a display unit operatively coupled with the guidance control unit and displaying on a screen of the display unit that is viewable from an operator's seat of the associated work vehicle visual aids for guiding the operator in operating the loader to position a boom relative to level ground, to position a tool carrier on an end of the boom, to show a preview of a path of the tool carrier and of tools attached with the tool carrier, and to assist in positioning the workpiece load to be manipulated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Jose I. VAZQUEZ, Ignacio A. MARTINEZ, Nikhil D. TAGALPALLEWAR, Gopal M. GOENKA, Bharat J. JOSHI, Jesus A. MONTALVO URBINA, Daniel CHAPA MONTEMAYOR, Gerardo CASTAÑEDA GONZALEZ, Vishwanath V. PATIL