Patent ID: 9681033
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: G06T,H04N

Claim:
1. A system for tracking a cable tethered from a machine along a worksite at or above a surface of the worksite during operation, the system comprising: a laser scanner configured to emit a laser beam and scan a surrounding area of the machine within a field of view of the laser scanner; a color camera configured to generate images of the surrounding area of the machine within a field of view of the color camera; a location unit configured to generate a location of the machine; a processing device disposed on the machine and in communication with the laser scanner, the color camera and the location unit, the processing device comprising: a server remotely located with respect to the machine and disposed in communication with the processing device, the server configured to record locations of the cable at different instances of time and generate a map of the cable based on the locations of the cable.