Parameter Visualization System

• US 20110148856A1
• Filed: 12/18/2009
• Published: 06/23/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Caterpillar Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Caterpillar Incorporated
• Inventors: Sprock, Christopher M., Hodel, Benjamin J.
• Application Number:
  US12/641,849
• Publication Number:
  US 20110148856A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/419
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/2054 Fleet management
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/261 Surveying the work-site to be treated

Abstract

A parameter visualization system is disclosed that includes a controller configured to receive three-dimensional position data indicating a location of an earthmoving machine on a worksite, and to receive parameter information comprising values of a plurality of parameters. The plurality of parameters includes parameters of at least one of the earthmoving machine and the worksite. The controller is further configured to generate a first display signal configured to provide a value of a first parameter in the plurality of parameters, to receive a modification of the value of the first parameter, to calculate a value of a second parameter based on the modification of the value of the first parameter, and to generate a second display signal configured to provide a visual depiction of a value of at least one of the first parameter or the second parameter along a three-dimensional visual depiction of the worksite.

Claims

1. A parameter visualization system comprising a controller configured with a plurality of instructions, the plurality of instructions comprising instructions to:

receive three-dimensional position data indicating a location of an earthmoving machine on a worksite;

receive parameter information comprising values of a plurality of parameters, the plurality of parameters including parameters of at least one of the earthmoving machine and the worksite;

generate a first display signal configured to provide a value of a first parameter in the plurality of parameters;

receive a modification of the value of the first parameter;

calculate a value of a second parameter based on the modification of the value of the first parameter;

generate a second display signal configured to provide a visual depiction of a value of at least one of the first parameter or the second parameter along a three-dimensional visual depiction of the worksite.

2. The parameter visualization system of claim 1, wherein the first display signal is a two-dimensional plot of the value of the first parameter.

3. The parameter visualization system of claim 2, wherein the modification of the value of the first parameter comprises a modification of the two-dimensional plot on a display.

4. The parameter visualization system of claim 1, wherein the visual depiction of the value of at least one of the first parameter or the second parameter includes visual indicia of a magnitude of the value.

5. The parameter visualization system of claim 4, wherein the visual indicia include a plurality of colors.

6. The parameter visualization system of claim 5, wherein the second display signal is further configured to provide a key correlating the plurality of colors with the value of the at least one of the first parameter or the second parameter.

7. The parameter visualization system of claim 1, wherein the three-dimensional visual depiction of the worksite includes a three-dimensional form comprising a top surface configured to represent a surface of the worksite to be traversed by the earthmoving machine.

8. The parameter visualization system of claim 7, wherein the three-dimensional form further comprises a side surface configured to represent a height of the worksite.

9. The parameter visualization system of claim 8, wherein the top and side surfaces of the three-dimensional form include the visual depiction of the value of at least one of the first parameter or the second parameter.

10. The parameter visualization system of claim 9, wherein the visual depiction of the value of at least one of the first parameter or the second parameter includes visual indicia of a magnitude of the value.

11. The parameter visualization system of claim 10, wherein the visual indicia include a plurality of colors.

12. The parameter visualization system of claim 11, wherein the second display signal is further configured to provide a key correlating the plurality of colors with the value of the at least one of the first parameter or the second parameter.

13. The parameter visualization system of claim 1, wherein the second parameter is not among the plurality of parameters included in the parameter information.

14. The parameter visualization system of claim 1, wherein the second parameter is among the plurality of parameters included in the parameter information.

15. A parameter visualization system comprising a controller configured with a plurality of instructions, the plurality of instructions comprising instructions to:

receive three-dimensional position data indicating a location of an earthmoving machine on a worksite;

receive parameter information wirelessly from the earthmoving machine, the parameter information comprising values of a plurality of parameters, the plurality of parameters including parameters of at least one of the earthmoving machine and the worksite;

generate a first display signal configured to provide a value of a first parameter in the plurality of parameters;

transmit the first display signal to a display;

receive a modification of the value of the first parameter;

calculate a value of a second parameter based on the modification of the value of the first parameter;

generate a second display signal configured to provide a visual depiction of a value of at least one of the first parameter or the second parameter along a three-dimensional visual depiction of the worksite; and

transmit the second display signal to the display.

16. The parameter visualization system of claim 15, wherein the first display signal is a two-dimensional plot of the value of the first parameter.

17. The parameter visualization system of claim 16, wherein the modification of the value of the first parameter comprises a modification of the two-dimensional plot on the display.

18. The parameter visualization system of claim 15, wherein the visual depiction of the value of at least one of the first parameter or the second parameter includes visual indicia of a magnitude of the value.

19. The parameter visualization system of claim 18, wherein the visual indicia include a plurality of colors.

20. A parameter visualization system comprising a controller configured with a plurality of instructions, the plurality of instructions comprising instructions to:

receive three-dimensional position data indicating a location of an earthmoving machine on a worksite;

receive parameter information wirelessly from the earthmoving machine, the parameter information comprising values of a plurality of parameters, the plurality of parameters including parameters of at least one of the earthmoving machine and the worksite;

generate a first display signal configured to provide a value of a first parameter in the plurality of parameters;

transmit the first display signal to a display;

receive a modification of the value of the first parameter;

calculate a value of a second parameter based on the modification of the value of the first parameter;

generate a second display signal configured to provide a visual depiction of a value of at least one of the first parameter or the second parameter along a three-dimensional visual depiction of the worksite, wherein the three-dimensional visual depiction of the worksite includes a three-dimensional form comprising a top surface configured to represent a surface of the worksite to be traversed by the earthmoving machine; and

transmit the second display signal to the display.