Method and system for performing non-contact based determination of the position of an implement
AssigneeCaterpillar Trimble Control Technologies LLC
InventorsArthur Taylor, Mark Nichols, Philip Jackson
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a method and system for performing non-contact based determination of the position of an implement. In one embodiment, a non-contact based measurement system is used to determine the relative position of an implement coupled with a mobile machine. The geographic position of the mobile machine is determined and the geographic position of said implement based upon the geographic position of the mobile machine and the position of the implement relative to the mobile machine.
Claims73
A method for performing non-contact based determination of the position of an implement comprising:
- using a non-contact based measurement system to determine a first measurement comprising the position of said implement relative to a mobile machine coupled with said implement;
- determining a second measurement comprising the geographic position of said mobile machine;
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- determining the geographic position of said implement using said first measurement and said second measurement.
A system for performing non-contact based determination of the position of an implement comprising:
- a non-contact based measurement system for determining the position of said implement relative to a mobile machine coupled with said implement;
- a position determination system for determining the geographic position of said mobile machine;
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- a system for determining the geographic position of said implement based upon data received from said non-contact based measurement system and said position determination system.
A position determining system comprising:
- a non-contact based measurement system which does not require the use of a mast for determining the position of an implement relative to a mobile machine coupled with said implement;
- a position determination system for determining the three dimensional position of said mobile machine;
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- a system for determining the geographic position of said implement based upon data received from said non-contact based measurement system and said position determination system.
A position determination system comprising:
- a bulldozer comprising an implement coupled therewith;
- a first system for determining the position of said implement relative to said bulldozer;
- a second system for determining the geographic position of said bulldozer;
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- a control system for determining the geographic location of said implement using data from said first system and said second system.
A position determination system comprising:
- a motor grader comprising an implement coupled therewith;
- a first system for determining the position of said implement relative to said motor grader;
- a second system for determining the geographic position of said motor grader;
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- a control system for determining the geographic location of said implement using data from said first system and said second system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.