US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on July 8 for "Digital panning of panoramic video to follow machine worktool movement" (Illinois, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,353,207, issued on July 8, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Digital panning of panoramic video to follow machine worktool movement" was invented by Aaron R. Shatters (Montgomery, Ill.), Eric W. Cler (Oswego, Ill.), Michael Anthony Spielman (Osseo, Mich.) and Jeffrey K. Berry (Yorkville, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a mobile equipment with an articulated front portion having a worktool, a fisheye camera with a wide field of view, containing the front portion, is often mounted in a fixed direction on a rear portion of the mobile equipment. Thus, when the front portion moves (e.g., rotates) relative to the rear por...