Agricultural Autopilot Path Adjustment
Granted: October 31, 2013
Application Number:
20130289833
Predictive tractor path adjustments improve implement tracking performance by enabling agricultural autopilots to anticipate the effect of curves, slopes, changing soil conditions and other influences.
LAYOUT EQUIPMENT AND LAYOUT METHOD
Granted: October 24, 2013
Application Number:
20130276315
Layout equipment for locating a plurality of positions at a construction site, and a method of using the layout equipment, contemplate a laser target rod having an elongated rod body and including retroreflective material on the rod body. The retroreflective material extends substantially the entire length of the rod body, and has scale markings visible thereon. A self-leveling laser transmitter at a known position projects a beam of laser light horizontally, and receives laser light…
IDENTIFYING PIXELS OF IMAGE DATA
Granted: October 17, 2013
Application Number:
20130271638
A method for identifying one or more pixels of image data associated with a point in an image includes receiving an indication of a portion of the image as displayed on the display monitor that surrounds the point. The pixels of image data as displayed on the display monitor are identified that are located approximately at edges of the portion of the image. One or more inverse transformations are performed to transform the pixels of image data as displayed on the display monitor to…
DISPLAYING ARRAYS OF IMAGE DATA
Granted: October 17, 2013
Application Number:
20130271563
A method for displaying arrays of digital image data on a display monitor as a continuous image includes determining nonlinear corrections for each of the arrays of digital image data. Each nonlinear correction may be based in part on a location of the imaging device used to capture the array of digital image data relative to a location of the perspective center from which the array of digital image data will be displayed on the display monitor. The method also includes transforming each…
IDENTIFYING A POINT OF INTEREST FROM DIFFERENT STATIONS
Granted: October 17, 2013
Application Number:
20130271499
A method for locating a point of interest in a plurality of images is provided where the plurality of images capture different views of a scene. At least portions of each of the views are displayed in separate windows on a display monitor. The method includes identifying the point of interest in a first view of the scene and identifying pixels of image data that correspond to the selected point on the display monitor. A line in each of the views is determined that extends along a ray…
DISPLAYING IMAGE DATA BASED ON PERSPECTIVE CENTER OF PRIMARY IMAGE
Granted: October 17, 2013
Application Number:
20130271490
A method for displaying image data from a plurality of images on a display monitor, where at least some of the images are acquired from different locations, includes displaying the image data from the images on the display monitor. The image data may be displayed from a perspective center associated with the different locations from which the images are acquired. A primary image is determined based on a portion of the image data from the primary image that is displayed on the display…
ADVANCED GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS (GNSS) POSITIONING USING PRECISE SATELLITE INFORMATION
Granted: October 17, 2013
Application Number:
20130271318
A method is provided for estimating parameters useful to determine the position of a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver or a change in the position thereof. The method includes the steps of: obtaining at least one GNSS signal received at the GNSS receiver from each of a plurality of GNSS satellites; obtaining, from at least one network node, precise satellite information on: (i) the orbit or position of at least one of the plurality of GNSS satellites, and (ii) a clock…
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING A CARGO TRANSACTION
Granted: October 10, 2013
Application Number:
20130268191
Devices, systems, and methods for managing a cargo transaction are disclosed. By transmitting and integrating consignment data and real-time cargo status data including data collected from a GPS-enabled monitoring device to a visual cargo server, a visual cargo data is produced. The visual cargo data is contextualized by integrating with contextual data obtained from one or more contextual servers.
OPEN PIT MINE DESIGNER
Granted: October 3, 2013
Application Number:
20130262045
An open pit mine designer is disclosed. One example includes a metric receiver receives an economic shell metric including ore information and an open pit mine metric. In addition, a user input is provided to receive user modifiable criteria. The open pit mine designer combines the open pit mine metrics, the user modifiable criteria and a waste reduction criteria to develop an open pit mine design, wherein user modifiable information may be used to adjust the open pit mine design during…
AREA-BASED OPEN PIT MINE DESIGNER
Granted: October 3, 2013
Application Number:
20130262046
An area-based open pit mine designer is disclosed. One example includes an economic shell receiver module to receive an economic shell. In addition, a user input module receives a user parametric input denoting an open pit mine shape based on the economic shell. The open pit mine designer module automatically develops an open pit mine design based on the user parametric input.
METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATING INFORMATION TO A LAND SURVEYING ROVER LOCATED IN AN AREA WITHOUT CELLULAR COVERAGE
Granted: September 19, 2013
Application Number:
20130244694
In a method for requesting network-derived position data from a mobile geographic position aware receiver, a mobile geographic position aware receiver having a first IP address is communicatively coupled with a first port on a router. A wireless transceiver is communicatively coupled with a second port on the router. a wireless communication device is communicatively coupled with a third port on the router. A processor is communicatively coupled with the router; the processor for…
LOCATION OF IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE AND OBJECT FEATURES IN A CAPTURED IMAGE
Granted: September 19, 2013
Application Number:
20130243250
A method for matching a region on an object of interest with a geolocation in a coordinate system is disclosed. In one embodiment, an image of a region on an object of interest is captured on an image capture device. The image is processed to detect a located feature using a feature detection algorithm. Further processing of the located feature is performed to derive a first feature descriptor using a feature descriptor extraction algorithm. The feature descriptor is stored in a memory.…
APPLICATION OF LOW POWER RFID TAGS TO DATA COLLECTION DEVICES AND RECEIVERS/INSTRUMENTS TO SPEED SETUP
Granted: September 19, 2013
Application Number:
20130241698
A method for improving a data collection process is provided. The method comprises: (A) providing at least one Data Generation device, whereas each Data Generation device is configured to obtain a set of data; (B) attaching an ID tag to at least one Data Generation device; whereas each ID tag includes an externally readable code; and (C) employing a Data Collection device having an ID tag reader configured to identify at least one Data Generation device by reading the externally readable…
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RFID-ASSISTED IMAGING
Granted: September 5, 2013
Application Number:
20130228620
A method includes acquiring imaging data of a scene using an imaging tool. The method also includes extracting radio frequency identification (RFID) data stored in an RFID tag associated with the scene. The method further includes associating the RFID data with the imaging data.
Smart-phone bracket for car and truck navigation
Granted: August 29, 2013
Application Number:
20130220010
Inertial navigation systems for wheeled vehicles with constrained motion degrees of freedom are described. Various parts of the navigation systems may be implemented in a smart-phone.
Cell phone NDVI sensor
Granted: August 22, 2013
Application Number:
20130217439
Apparatus and techniques for measuring and managing plant growth with cell phones or similar devices are described.
EXTERNALLY AUGMENTED ASSET MANAGEMENT
Granted: August 8, 2013
Application Number:
20130204753
A system for externally augmented asset management is disclosed. According to one embodiment, information from a first reporting source about an asset is received. In addition, information from a second reporting source about the asset is also received. Information from a third reporting source about at least one environmental condition is also received. A database is then populated with the information from the first reporting source, the information from the second reporting source and…
SYSTEMS FOR PARAMETRIC MODELING OF THREE DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS
Granted: August 8, 2013
Application Number:
20130201189
A system for parametric modeling of a three-dimensional object has a processor running a software program operable to configure the object by defining a zone comprising a root of a tree hierarchy, the zone having a three-dimensional region defining an outer dimension of the object to be modeled; a part comprising a child of the zone, the part also having a component object to be modeled, wherein the component object is an element of the object; and a variable comprising a child of the…
IMAGE-BASED GEOREFERENCING
Granted: August 1, 2013
Application Number:
20130195362
An image-based georeferencing system comprises an image receiver, an image identification processor, a reference feature determiner, and a feature locator. The image receiver is configured for receiving a first image for use in georeferencing. The image comprises digital image information. The system includes a communicative coupling to a georeferenced images database of images. The image identification processor is configured for identifying a second image from the georeferenced images…
SYSTEM FOR ADAPTIVE CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCING
Granted: August 1, 2013
Application Number:
20130197960
A computer system for adaptive construction sequencing. In one embodiment, a scheduling component is used to access a schedule for completing a project is. A 3-dimensional (3-D) simulation component is used to generate a 3-D model of at least one component used in completing the project. The 3-D simulation component is used to generate a 3-D simulation showing the construction of the project in accordance with the schedule. A cost estimating component is used to generate a cost estimate…
