US 12,359,404 B2
Detecting untraversable environment and preventing damage by a vehicle
Lee Kamp Redden, Palo Alto, CA (US); Divya Sharma, San Jose, CA (US); Kent Michael Anderson, Signal Mountain, TN (US); Bryon William Majusiak, Incline Village, NV (US); Benjamin Ray Chostner, San Francisco, CA (US); and James Patrick Ostrowski, Mountain View, CA (US)
Assigned to Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US)
Filed by Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US)
Filed on Aug. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/881,436.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/230,430, filed on Aug. 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0038422 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. E02F 9/26 (2006.01); E02F 9/20 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01)
CPC E02F 9/261 (2013.01) [E02F 9/205 (2013.01); G05D 1/0214 (2013.01); G05D 1/0246 (2013.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); G06V 20/588 (2022.01); G07C 5/0808 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for operating in a construction environment with moisture by a construction vehicle, the method comprising:
moving, by the construction vehicle, along a route in the construction environment;
identifying a construction action to perform by the construction vehicle at a portion of the construction environment, the identified construction action to be performed as the construction vehicle moves through the portion along the route;
determining a measure of moisture for the portion of the construction environment by applying a moisture model to an image of the portion of the construction environment, the moisture model configured to determine the measure of moisture for the portion of the construction environment based on the image of the portion of the construction environment;
determining a likelihood that the construction vehicle performing the identified construction action will enlarge a water run-off channel or form a water run-off channel in the portion of the construction environment based on the identified construction action and the determined measure of moisture for the portion of the construction environment; and
responsive to the likelihood that the construction vehicle performing the identified construction action will enlarge the water run-off channel or form the water run-off channel in the portion of the construction environment exceeding a threshold likelihood, performing a second construction action by the construction vehicle, wherein a likelihood that the construction vehicle performing the second construction action will enlarge the water run-off channel or form the water run-off channel in the portion of the construction environment is less than the threshold likelihood.