PERCEPTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FILL LEVEL SENSING AND DECISION SUPPORT

An intelligent fill level system includes a material unloading container having an interior and a material entryway and a plurality of perception sensors mounted along a rim of the entryway, each sensor configured to generate perception data representative of a profile of unloaded material in at least a portion of the interior. A data processing unit, which may for example be onboard the material unloading container, determines one or more multidimensional profile characteristics, such as for example a fill level, of the unloaded material within the material unloading container at least via fusion of the perception data from the plurality of perception sensors, and a communications unit, which may also for example be onboard the container, transmits output signals representative of the determined one or more multidimensional profile characteristics to one or more remote data processing units associated with respective material loading work machines.