Patent 7865285 was granted and assigned to Caterpillar Inc. on January, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A machine control system may include a machine mounted stereo imaging apparatus configured to provide a 3-D model indicative of a terrain feature. The machine control system may also include a control module configured to process the 3-D model, and automatically perform an operation with a work tool based on the characteristics of the 3-D model.