US 11,945,524 B2
Work vehicle undercarriage clearance system and method
Nikunj Patel, Surendranagar (IN); Aditya Shenoy, Pune (IN); Dnyaneshwar J. Jagtap, Dhule (IN); and Sanket Pawar, Pune (IN)
Assigned to DEERE & COMPANY, Moline, IL (US)
Filed by Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US)
Filed on Mar. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/211,240.
Prior Publication US 2022/0306218 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); B62D 55/084 (2006.01); E02F 9/26 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 55/084 (2013.01) [E02F 9/26 (2013.01); E02F 9/261 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An undercarriage clearance system for a work vehicle configured to operate along a vehicle trajectory, the undercarriage clearance system comprising:
a datastore containing undercarriage geometry data associated with an undercarriage assembly of the work vehicle including ground clearance data of the undercarriage assembly across a lateral dimension of a wheelbase of the work vehicle;
a first sensor configured to collect ground environment data within the vehicle trajectory;
a controller coupled to the first sensor and the datastore, the controller having a processor and memory architecture configured to:
receive the undercarriage geometry data from the datastore;
receive the ground environment data from the first sensor;
identify an obstacle within the vehicle trajectory;
evaluate a height of the identified obstacle and a projected path of the obstacle within the wheelbase of the work vehicle along the vehicle trajectory relative to the undercarriage geometry data to determine an obstacle clearance expectation; and
generate an alert command signal based on the determination of the obstacle clearance expectation; and
a display device coupled to the controller to receive the alert command signal and configured to render a display based on the alert command signal representing the obstacle clearance expectation;
wherein the controller is configured to generate the alert command signal such that the display device renders the display with a forward view having a first outline of the undercarriage assembly and first symbology representing the identified obstacle that depicts a projected intersection of the identified obstacle and the undercarriage assembly based on the vehicle trajectory.