Patent Document ID: 9440591
Application ID: 12465126
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A utility vehicle including: a chassis; at least one ground engaging mechanism configured to propel the chassis over the ground; an operator station supported by the chassis; a work tool configured to move relative to the chassis to move material; an obstruction of the utility vehicle positioned between the operator station and the work tool, the obstruction having a surface area obstructing a view of an operator in the operator station from a vantage point; at least one camera configured to capture an unobstructed image of the work tool, the at least one captured unobstructed image positioned beyond the obstruction of the utility vehicle, the obstruction being positioned between the operator station and the work tool; and a display functioning as a virtual window for displaying a modified image based on the captured unobstructed image, the modified image formed by creating a viewing projection from the vantage point of the operator and identifying at least a portion of the captured unobstructed image located within the viewing projection, the viewing projection having an outer boundary defined by a plurality of outwardly projected rays centered at the vantage point of the operator and extending linearly toward the obstruction and through an outer perimeter of the display, the projected rays being outwardly spaced apart from the surface area of the obstruction, and the modified image corresponding to an area that would be visible from the vantage point of the operator without the obstruction to make the obstruction and the display appear transparent to the operator.