WORK VEHICLE WITH A VARIABLY POSITIONABLE CAMERA AND RELATED SYSTEMS
FIG9 illustrates a close-up view of a further embodiment of the track of the imaging system according to aspects of the present disclosure, particularly illustrating a motor drivingly coupled to the camera via a belt
Referring now to FIG9, an embodiment of the imaging system 28 where the motor 78 is coupled to the arm 16 of the articulable implement 14 is illustrated according to aspects of the present disclosure. In such an embodiment, the motor 78 may be drivingly coupled to the camera 38 via a belt 80. It should be appreciated that, in other embodiments, the motor 78 may be drivingly coupled to the camera 38 via any suitable structure, such as a chain, pulley, track, or gear system. For instance, the belt 80 may drivingly couple the motor 78 to a gear positioned between the camera 38 and the rail 36 such that driving the belt 80 also positions the camera 38 between locations 40. In other embodiments, the motor 78 may have any other configuration that allows the motor 78 to slide the camera 38 along the track 34.
close - up view
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imaging system
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['1. A work vehicle (10), the work vehicle (10) comprising, a body (12), a controllable, articulable implement (14) coupled to the body (12), the articulable implement (14) including at least two arm (16) and a tool (18) positioned at a distal end (20) of the articulable implement (14), wherein the articulable implement (14) is positionable by an operator of the work vehicle (10) in an operating environment (26), the work vehicle (10) being  characterized by : an imaging system (28) comprising: a display (30) housed within the operating environment (26) of the work vehicle (10) configured to display (30) images of a work area (32); a track (34) including a rail (36) coupled to at least one of the arms (16) of the articulable implement (14) and extending along a length of the at least one arm (16); and a camera (38) coupled to the track (34), the camera (38) communicatively coupled with the display (30), wherein the camera (38) captures at least one image of the work area (32) and communicates the image to the display (30), wherein the camera (38) is positionable at a plurality of locations (40) along the rail (36) to capture images of the work area (32).']