METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE ELEVATION OF A POINT ON A WORK SITE REPRESENTED IN A TRIANGULAR IRREGULAR NETWORK
Patent №
US 6,073,068
Granted
2000-06-06
Filed 1996
Owner
CATERPILLAR INC.
Lab
—
AI components
2
kr · planning
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
08761100
A site database structure for storing elevation data for access by an application program being executed on a control system on a work machine. The data is stored in a Triangular Irregular Network (TIN). The elevation of a point on the work site based on the three points forming the triangle containing the point.
AI classification
Knowledge representation0.56
Planning0.53
Vision0.21
AI hardware0.08
Machine learning0.00
Natural language0.00
Evolutionary computation0.00
Speech0.00
Ownership
CATERPILLAR INC.
assignment · 82980760
Assignors
KOEHRSEN, CRAIG L.
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.
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