Patent ID: 11961253
Assignee: CATERPILLAR SARL
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC E  G | IPC E  G

Claim 7:
8. A machine, comprising:
one or more memories; and
one or more processors configured to:
receive information identifying an area of interest from a plurality of candidate areas of interest,
wherein the plurality of candidate areas of interest include locations on the machine and external to the machine;

obtain, using one or more first sensor devices associated with the machine, data identifying material located at the area of interest;
generate a three-dimensional graphical representation of the material based on the data;
determine, using one or more second sensor devices of the machine, at least one of a position or an orientation of one or more portions of the machine;
identify a portion of the three-dimensional graphical representation based on the at least one of the position or the orientation of the one or more portions of the machine,
wherein the area of interest is a truck bed, and
wherein the portion of the three-dimensional graphical representation corresponds to the material in the truck bed;

determine, using one or more computational models, a volume of the portion of the three-dimensional graphical representation; and
determine, based on the volume of the portion of the three-dimensional graphical representation and based on a previous volume of the truck bed, a volume of the material.