System and method for changing a surface characteristic of a concrete bridge surface
AssigneeTerex USA, LLC
InventorsJavier Valencia, Thomas Walter Spisak
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Abstract
An automated concrete bridge paver with an ability to provide effective control of a concrete paver by a remotely locatable concrete bridge paver operator, which includes a fixed operator control station and a mobile wireless remote operator control station which can be used when the remotely locatable concrete bridge paver operator leaves the operator control station. Mobile wireless remote operator control station includes a video screen which can display live video images from a plurality of remote wireless camera and sensor pods, which can be fixed on the paver or moved about the paver on an articulated arm, with or without a human basket.
Claims19
A method of improving operation of an automated concrete paver, comprising the steps of:
- providing a control station which is disposed on a concrete paver, where the control station is configured with controls so that movement of an actuator by a paver operator results in a first change in pressure at a first manipulatable implement separated from said control station;
- providing a mobile wireless operator control which is configured to cause said first change in pressure to occur when an input action occurs at said mobile wireless operator control;
- said paver operator moving with said mobile wireless operator control to a second location where a determination is made to cause said first change in pressure to occur;
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- while a first configuration of paving is underway, said paver operator manually interacts, at said second location, with a first button on said mobile wireless operator control without any manual interaction with said control station, and thereby causes said first change in pressure to occur.
A system for improving operation of a concrete paver comprising:
- a control station which is disposed on a concrete paver where the control station is configured with manual hydraulic controls so that movement of a manual actuator by a paver operator results in a first change in hydraulic pressure at a first hydraulically manipulatable implement separate from the control station;
- a mobile wireless operator control, which is configured to cause said first change in hydraulic pressure to occur when an input action occurs by said paver operator with said mobile wireless operator control;
- said concrete paver having a first location distant from said control station, and a second location;
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- said mobile wireless operator control being configured to wirelessly communicate from said second location to said control station after a determination has been made to cause said first change in hydraulic pressure to occur.
A system for improving operation of a concrete paver comprising:
- a control station disposed on a concrete paver where the control station is configured with manual hydraulic controls, including a manual actuator, when moved by a paver operator results in a first change in hydraulic pressure at a first hydraulically manipulatable device separate from the control station;
- an electronic controller, which is configured to cause said first change in hydraulic pressure to occur when an input action occurs by said paver operator with said electronic controller;
- said concrete paver having a first location distant from said control station, and a second location;
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- said electronic controller being configured to electronically communicate from said second location to one of said first location and said control station after a determination has been made to cause said first change in hydraulic pressure to occur.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.