US 12,427,862 B2
Spread assist device
Ryo Nishio, Irvine, CA (US)
Assigned to KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD., Akashi (JP)
Filed by KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD., Akashi (JP)
Filed on Sep. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/902,973.
Prior Publication US 2024/0075812 A1, Mar. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. B60K 35/22 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01); B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60K 35/20 (2024.01); B60K 35/29 (2024.01); B60K 35/81 (2024.01)
CPC B60K 35/22 (2024.01) [B60K 35/28 (2024.01); G06T 11/00 (2013.01); B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60K 35/20 (2024.01); B60K 35/29 (2024.01); B60K 35/81 (2024.01); B60K 2360/151 (2024.01); B60K 2360/166 (2024.01); B60K 2360/18 (2024.01); G06T 2200/24 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A spread assist device for assisting spreading by a spreader apparatus, comprising:
a position detector comprising a satellite positioning system configured to detect a position of the spreader apparatus; and
a controller including one or more processors,
wherein
the controller is configured to perform operations comprising operations to:
obtain spread width information indicating a spread width of a spreading object to be spread from the spreader apparatus in a width direction orthogonal to a travel direction of the spreader apparatus; and
obtain tracking information of a detected position of the spreader apparatus detected by the position detector;
generate, based on the spread width information and the tracking information, a virtual overhead view image, which is to be displayed on a display, including a spread path that is being executed and has the spread width; and
generate a spreader apparatus indicator indicating a current position of the spreader apparatus based on the current position of the spreader apparatus detected by the position detector, and superimpose the spreader apparatus indicator on the virtual overhead view image.