Vehicle Target Marker Overlay for Precise Loading Positioning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vehicle systems lack effective guidance for accurately positioning vehicles relative to objects, such as waste bins, during loading operations, requiring high skill and time from drivers.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle equipped with sensing devices and a processing unit that generates a real-time bird-view image of the surroundings, superimposing a target marker to guide the operator to an optimal position for loading, with the ability to initiate a loading procedure when the marker overlays the object, using parameters like vehicle type and object weight to determine the optimal position.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a bird-view image display system is provided to show the area surrounding the vehicle, then the driver can monitor the surroundings and check for obstacles, but the system lacks effective guidance for accurately positioning the vehicle relative to objects during loading operations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a target marker as an intermediary visual element that mediates between the bird-view image and the loading operation. The target marker is superimposed on the bird-view image to indicate the precise position where the crane should grasp the object, serving as a visual mediator that guides the driver's positioning actions without requiring direct complex coordination between the driver and the physical environment
2Adaptability or versatility
If the driver manually positions the vehicle during loading operations, then flexibility is maintained, but high skill and time are required from the driver
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by pre-calculating and displaying the target marker position on the bird-view image before the actual loading operation. The target marker indicates in advance where the crane should grasp the object, allowing the driver to position the vehicle correctly without requiring high skill or time during the actual loading process
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides visual feedback by continuously displaying the target marker on the bird-view image, showing the driver whether the vehicle is correctly positioned relative to the object. This feedback mechanism allows the driver to make real-time adjustments to achieve accurate positioning without requiring extensive skill or time
3Ease of operation
If the target marker is always displayed on the bird-view image, then positioning guidance is provided, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system employs self-service by utilizing the existing bird-view image infrastructure and simply superimposing the target marker on top of it. The target marker is generated computationally from the same sensor data that creates the bird-view image, so no additional complex hardware or separate processing systems are required - the existing system serves itself by adding the guidance layer
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AI summary
A vehicle for loading objects, comprising at least one sensing device (4) mounted on the vehicle (2) and being configured to capture measurement data to monitor the entire area, or a part of the area surrounding the vehicle, the at least one sensing device (4) is configured to generate at least one measurement data signal (6) including said captured measurement data, and a processing unit (8) configured to receive said measurement data signal (6) and to determine a real time overview image (10), e.g. a bird-view image, of the area surrounding the vehicle (2) based upon said measurement data, and further to generate a real time image signal (12) to be applied to a display unit (14) configured to show said real time overview image (10). The processor unit (8) is further configured to generate a target image (16), comprising a target marker (18), to be shown on said display unit (14) superimposed on a shown real time overview image (10) of the area surrounding the vehicle. The target image (16) is superimposed such that the vehicle (2) is in an optimal position in relation to a predetermined object (20) when the target marker (18) overlays a real time image of the predetermined object (20).