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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7436430 | Obstacle detection apparatus and method A plurality of cameras respectively input an image from different camera positions. The plurality of cameras is on a moving object. An image memory stores a plurality of images input by the plurality of cameras. An image transformation unit transforms one image inpu... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7411486 | Lane-departure warning system with differentiation between an edge-of-lane marking and a structural boundary of the edge of the lane A driver assistance device for warning a driver of a motor vehicle of a risk of departure from the lane or from the lane is described, having at least one image-transmitting sensor, an evaluation device, connected to the image-transmitting sensor, for detecting edge... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7369924 | System and method for providing guidance towards a far-point position for a vehicle implementing a satellite-based guidance system The present invention is a method for providing guidance towards a far-point position for a vehicle implementing a satellite-based guidance system. The method includes capturing an image. The method further includes providing the image in a digital format to an algo... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7355524 | Automotive lane change aid A vehicle lane change aid system includes a detector that is operative to detect the presence of an other vehicle adjacent the vehicle, an indicator for providing an indication that a lane change maneuver of the vehicle may affect the other vehicle and a control rec... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7317474 | Obstacle detection apparatus and method A plurality of cameras respectively input an image from different camera positions. The plurality of cameras is on a moving object. An image memory stores a plurality of images input by the plurality of cameras. An image transformation unit transforms one image inpu... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7263210 | Method and system for volume-specific treatment of ground and plants The invention relates to a method and system for volume-specific treatment of ground and plants as required. The aim of the invention is to improve a method and system as above, such that the distribution of plants is scanned with complete spatial coverage and the t... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7242791 | Method and system for guiding a vehicle with vision enhancement A method and system for guiding a-vehicle comprises a location module for collecting location data for the vehicle. A vision module collects vision data for the vehicle. A maximum allowable correction duration and a maximum allowable vision-derived displacement are ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7205904 | Automotive lane change aid A vehicle lane change aid system includes a detector that is operative to detect the presence of an other vehicle adjacent the vehicle, an indicator for providing an indication that a lane change maneuver of the vehicle may affect the other vehicle and a control rec... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7003386 | Device and method for determining the position of a working part The invention relates to a device and to a method for determining the position for a working part of a tool on a working machine with a position-determining apparatus (2, 4, 5, 6; 2, 4a, 4b, 5, 6′; 31, 33, 49, 50, 51, 1′,53). At least one de... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6993255 | Method and apparatus for providing adaptive illumination An illumination system (20, 72, 110, 142) for illuminating a scene comprising: an illuminator (24, 74, 116) having a plurality of substantially contiguous independently controllable light (26, 76) providing regions each of which provides light t... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6990399 | Agricultural utility vehicle and method of controlling same An agricultural utility vehicle includes a computer to execute the steps of storing data representing steering direction, position and speed of the agricultural vehicle; recognizing repeated drive events wherein each drive event comprises a plurality of serially per... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6943824 | Image processing spout control system A spout control system controls and aims a spout and a spout cap of a crop harvesting vehicle with respect to a separate crop hauling vehicle moving with the harvesting vehicle. The control system includes a video camera which is mounted on the cap and which views a... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6801244 | Obstacle detection apparatus and method A plurality of cameras respectively input an image from different camera positions. The plurality of cameras is on a moving object. An image memory stores a plurality of images input by the plurality of cameras. An image transformation unit transforms one image inpu... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6686951 | Crop row segmentation by K-means clustering for a vision guidance system An automatic vision guidance system for an agricultural vehicle is disclosed and described. The vision guidance system uses a K-means clustering algorithm in image processing to distinguish between crop and non-crop features. The vision guidance system ut... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6671582 | Flexible agricultural automation Agricultural operations by applying flexible manufacturing software, robotics and sensing techniques to agriculture. In manufacturing operations utilizing flexible machining and flexible assembly robots, work pieces flow through a fixed set of workstation... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6385515 | Trajectory path planner for a vision guidance system An automatic vision guidance system for an agricultural vehicle is disclosed and described. The vision guidance system uses a K-means clustering algorithm in image processing to distinguish between crop and non-crop features. The vision guidance system ut... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6097425 | Device for monitoring overloading of products from working machine to transporting vehicle A device for overloading products from a working machine having a driver's stand to a transporting vehicle has an overloading unit provided in the working machine, and a monitor assembly for monitoring overloading of the product from the working machine t... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6097441 | System for dual-display interaction with integrated television and internet content Systems and methods are disclosed for using two or more cooperating but physically independent displays for enhanced viewing of data streams, where the viewing on one display does not interfere with the viewing on the other displays. The type of data stre... | 08/01/2000 |
| 5974348 | System and method for performing mobile robotic work operations A precise automated work system and method is provided. One or more self-navigating robots can perform automated work operations with precision given six degrees of freedom in a undulating, sloping or irregular terrain, such as, a commercial truck garden.... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5956079 | Agricultural vehicle monitoring system A monitoring system for an agricultural vehicle. The vehicle is provided with a video camera and an associated video monitor. The video monitor is located in a cab of the vehicle and the video camera is oriented facing the rear of the vehicle. When an agr... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5754137 | Process for taking action on productive lands Process for taking action on productive lands, in particular for spreading or removing substances or other objects onto or from patches of soil and/or for surveying patches of soil, in particular pertaining to agricultural productive areas, with a telecom... | 05/19/1998 |
| 4868752 | Boundary detecting method and apparatus for automatic working vehicle A method and apparatus for use with an automatic working vehicle for detecting a boundary between a treated area and an untreated area. A predetermined range of working area including the treated area and the untreated area is photographed by a camera. Im... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4769700 | Robot tractors Disclosed is an electro-optical and microcomputer based method and apparatus for automatically guiding tractors and other farm machinery for the purpose of automatic crop planting, tending and harvesting. A target is preferably located at one boundary of ... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4555725 | Agricultural implement steering guidance system and method A video guidance system for visually displaying a row mark traced on the surface of a field during a previous traverse to the operator of a farm tractor pulling a planter has left and right row markers depending respectively from opposite outer sides of t... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4365268 | Video planter guidance aid A tractor-planter guidance aid system including a TV camera mounted on a servo motor at an end of the planter to view a mark in the terrain created by a marker mounted on the other end of the planter. Angle sensors send signals to a control circuit, these... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4288814 | Closed circuit video guidance system for farming vehicles and method A guidance system for a farming vehicle includes an electronic video camera attached to the underside of the farming vehicle and a video monitor electrically coupled to the camera for assisting an operator in steering the farming vehicle. The camera is mo... | 09/08/1981 |
