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Excavator bucket positioning via mobile device

  • US 10,586,349 B2
  • Filed: 08/24/2017
  • Issued: 03/10/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/24/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A mobile communication device, comprising:

  • an image sensor;

    an accelerometer;

    a display;

    one or more processors in communication with the image sensor, the accelerometer, and the display; and

    a computer readable medium in communication with the one or more processors, the computer readable medium having encoded thereon a set of instructions executable by the mobile communication device to;

    capture, with the image sensor of the mobile communication device, a reference image of a plurality of reference features on a stick of an excavator while the stick of the excavator is at a known orientation;

    capture input from the accelerometer of the mobile communication device;

    determine an orientation of the mobile communication device, based at least in part on the input from the accelerometer of the mobile communication device;

    calibrate the mobile communication device, based on orientations of the plurality of reference features in the reference image and the orientation of the mobile communication device;

    capture, with the image sensor of the mobile communication device, a second image of the plurality of reference features on the stick of the excavator;

    determine, from orientations of the plurality of reference features in the second image, a second orientation of the stick of the excavator; and

    display, with the display of the mobile communication device, an indication of the determined second orientation of the stick of the excavator.

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