Patents by Inventor Seth Meisel

Seth Meisel 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).

  • Publication number: 20250122697
    Abstract: Control systems and methods for an earthmoving machine and control architecture to generate a surface associated with a curved surface of an earthmoving implement, project the surface onto a two-dimensional (2D) plane associated with the earthmoving implement, determine a continuous curve based on the surface projected on to the 2D plane, determine a derivative of the continuous curve, project a design plane normal n* of a ground surface for smoothing onto the 2D plane associated with the earthmoving implement, determine a point of perpendicular intersection between the derivative of the continuous curve and the design plane normal n* of the ground surface projected onto the 2D plane, and operate the earthmoving machine using one or more linkage assembly actuators and the point of perpendicular intersection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Applicant: Caterpillar Trimble Control Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Brosh, Christopher Corwin, Kyle Davis, Seth Meisel
  • Patent number: 12209393
    Abstract: Grade control systems and methods for an earthmoving machine and control architecture to generate a continuous differential surface associated with a rear curved surface of an earthmoving implement, project the continuous differential surface onto a two-dimensional (2D) plane associated with the earthmoving implement, determine a piecewise-derivative continuous curve based on the continuous differential surface projected on to the 2D plane, determine a derivative of the piecewise-derivative continuous curve, project a design plane normal n* of a ground surface for smoothing onto the 2D plane associated with the earthmoving implement, determine a point of perpendicular intersection between the derivative of the piecewise-derivative continuous curve and the design plane normal n* of the ground surface projected onto the 2D plane, and operate the earthmoving machine using one or more linkage assembly actuators and the point of perpendicular intersection to smooth the ground surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Caterpillar Trimble Control Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Brosh, Christopher Corwin, Kyle Davis, Seth Meisel
  • Publication number: 20240044111
    Abstract: Grade control systems and methods for an earthmoving machine and control architecture to generate a continuous differential surface associated with a rear curved surface of an earthmoving implement, project the continuous differential surface onto a two-dimensional (2D) plane associated with the earthmoving implement, determine a piecewise-derivative continuous curve based on the continuous differential surface projected on to the 2D plane, determine a derivative of the piecewise-derivative continuous curve, project a design plane normal n* of a ground surface for smoothing onto the 2D plane associated with the earthmoving implement, determine a point of perpendicular intersection between the derivative of the piecewise-derivative continuous curve and the design plane normal n* of the ground surface projected onto the 2D plane, and operate the earthmoving machine using one or more linkage assembly actuators and the point of perpendicular intersection to smooth the ground surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Caterpillar Trimble Control Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Brosh, Christopher Corwin, Kyle Davis, Seth Meisel