Performing non-contact based determination of the position of an implement
AssigneeCaterpillar Trimble Control Technologies LLC
InventorsArthur James Taylor, Mark Nichols, Philip Jackson
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a method for performing non-contact based determination of the position of an implement. In one embodiment, the method includes using a non-contact based measurement system to determine a first measurement comprising the position of the implement relative to a mobile machine coupled with the implement, determining a second measurement comprising the geographic position of the mobile machine and determining the geographic position of the implement using the first measurement and the second measurement.
Claims1
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;
- and
- determining the geographic position of said implement using said first measurement and said second measurement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.