Edward R Walker

US Patent:

20220364321, Nov 17, 2022

Filed:

Jul 27, 2022

Appl. No.:

17/875233

Inventors:

- San Francisco CA, US
Andrew Xiao Liang - San Francisco CA, US
Linus Page Chou - San Francisco CA, US
Edward Stephen Walker - San Francisco CA, US
Christian John Wawrzonek - San Francisco CA, US

International Classification:

E02F 3/43
E02F 9/26
E02F 3/32
E02F 3/96
G06T 7/73
G01C 21/20
G01N 33/24
G05D 1/00
G05D 1/02
G06T 17/05
G06V 20/56
E02F 9/20

Abstract:

This description provides an autonomous or semi-autonomous excavation vehicle that is capable of navigating through a dig site and carrying out an excavation routine using a system of sensors physically mounted to the excavation vehicle. The sensors collects any one or more of spatial, imaging, measurement, and location data representing the status of the excavation vehicle and its surrounding environment. Based on the collected data, the excavation vehicle executes instructions to carry out an excavation routine. The excavation vehicle is also able to carry out numerous other tasks, such as checking the volume of excavated earth in an excavation tool, and helping prepare a digital terrain model of the site as part of a process for creating the excavation routine.