Auto recognition of at least one standoff target to determine position information for a mobile machine

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions which, when executed, cause a computer system to perform a method for auto recognition of at least one standoff target to determine position information for a mobile machine, said method comprising:

• automatically scanning for at least one standoff target;
• determining location information for the at least one standoff target;
• generating a distance and direction between the mobile machine and the at least one standoff target;
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• utilizing the location information for the at least one standoff target and the distance and direction between the mobile machine and the at least one standoff target to provide a position for the mobile machine.

A system comprising:

• a sensor mounted on a mobile machine, the sensor for auto recognition of at least one standoff target;
• a standoff target location determiner to determine location information for at least three standoff targets;
• a standoff target measurer to determine a distance and direction from the mobile machine to the at least three standoff targets;
• a position signal monitor to recognize a degradation of a position signal being used to provide position information for the mobile machine;
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• a mobile machine position determiner to utilize the location information for the at least three standoff targets and the distance and direction between the mobile machine and the at least three standoff targets to determine position information for the mobile machine.