Tracked vehicle and control method of the same
AssigneePrinoth S.P.A.
InventorMartin Kirchmair
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Abstract
A tracked vehicle comprising: a first and a second track; a generator assembly configured to generate mechanical power; a group of work devices coupled to the generator assembly; a first and a second drive wheel coupled to the first and to the second track, respectively, and to the generator assembly; a user interface configured to receive commands from an operator; and a control unit connected to the user interface to receive commands from the operator; the control unit being configured to: measure an amount of time elapsed between a command sent by the operator and a subsequent command sent by the operator; and set the tracked vehicle to a blocked state if the amount of time measured is greater than a first time interval threshold.
Claims18
1-15. (canceled)
A tracked vehicle comprising:
- a first track;
- a second track;
- a generator assembly configured to generate mechanical power;
- a group of work devices coupled to the generator assembly;
- a first drive wheel coupled to the first track and to the generator assembly;
- a second drive wheel coupled to the second track and to the generator assembly;
- a user interface;
- and
- a control unit configured to:
- receive, via the user interface, a first command from an operator,
- measure an amount of time elapsed between the received first command and any second, subsequent command received, via the user interface, from the operator, and
- set a blocked state responsive to the measured amount of time being greater than a first time interval threshold.
A method of controlling a tracked vehicle comprising a first track, a second track, a generator assembly configured to generate mechanical power, a group of work devices coupled to the generator assembly, a first drive wheel coupled to the first track and to the generator assembly, a second drive wheel coupled to the second track and to the generator assembly, a user interface, and a control unit, the method comprising:
- measuring an amount of time elapsed between a first command received from an operator and any second, subsequent command received from the operator;
- and
- setting the tracked vehicle to a blocked state responsive to the measured amount of time being greater than a first time interval threshold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.