Patents by Inventor Robert C. McCall

Robert C. McCall 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).

  • Work tool vision system
    Patent number: 10519631
    Abstract: A method for monitoring the movement of a work tool of a machine using a work tool vision a comprises sensing data related to the image of a work tool, selecting a template of an image of a work tool, and displaying the sensed image of the work tool after modifying the sensed image of the work tool by at least zooming on a portion of the sensed data of the image if the sensed data of the image of a work tool matches the template of an image of a work tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Joe E. Forcash, Michael Hoffelder, Robert C. McCall, Lawrence A. Mianzo
  • Work Tool Vision System
    Publication number: 20190093320
    Abstract: A method for monitoring the movement of a work tool of a machine using a work tool vision a comprises sensing data related to the image of a work tool, selecting a template of an image of a work tool, and displaying the sensed image of the work tool after modifying the sensed image of the work tool by at least zooming on a portion of the sensed data of the image if the sensed data of the image of a work tool matches the template of an image of a work tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Joe E. Forcash, Michael Hoffelder, Robert C. McCall, Lawrence A. Mianzo
  • System for tracking cable tethered from machine
    Patent number: 9681033
    Abstract: A system for locating a cable tethered from a machine along a worksite is disclosed. The system includes a laser scanner and a color camera. A location unit generates a position of the machine. The system includes a processing device disposed on the machine and in communication with the laser scanner, the color camera and the location unit. The processing device determines a location of the cable based on signals from the laser scanner and the color camera. The system further includes a server remotely located with respect to the machine and disposed in communication with the processing device. The server is configured to record locations of the cable at different instances of time and generates a map of the cable based on the locations of the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Robert C. McCall, Qi Wang, Louis A. Bojarski
  • SYSTEM FOR TRACKING CABLE TETHERED FROM MACHINE
    Publication number: 20150213605
    Abstract: A system for locating a cable tethered from a machine along a worksite is disclosed. The system includes a laser scanner and a color camera. A location unit generates a position of the machine. The system includes a processing device disposed on the machine and in communication with the laser scanner, the color camera and the location unit. The processing device determines a location of the cable based on signals from the laser scanner and the color camera. The system further includes a server remotely located with respect to the machine and disposed in communication with the processing device. The server is configured to record locations of the cable at different instances of time and generates a map of the cable based on the locations of the cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Robert C. McCall, Qi Wang, Louis A. Bojarski