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US 2020/0050197 A1Published application
Navigation system for a machine
AssigneeCaterpillar Paving Products Inc.
InventorTimothy M. O'DONNELL
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Abstract
A paving system includes a paving machine, a plurality of locational or positional sensor units coupled to or in communication with the paving machine, and a controller in communication with the plurality of sensor units. The controller is configured to select locational or positional information from one or more active sensor units of the plurality of sensor units and automatically navigate the paving machine.
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A paving system, comprising
- a paving machine;
- a plurality of locational or positional sensor units coupled to or in communication with the paving machine;
- and
- a controller in communication with the plurality of sensor units;
- wherein the controller is configured to select locational or positional information from one or more active sensor units of the plurality of sensor units and automatically navigate the paving machine.
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A control system for a paving machine, comprising:
- a plurality of sensor units;
- and
- a controller operatively coupled to each of the plurality of sensor units, wherein the controller is configured to control and steer the paving machine based on information from one or more of the sensor units, and wherein the controller is configured to control and steer the paving machine based on information from a different one or more of the sensor units if the controller detects an abnormality or error condition in the one or more sensor units.
A method of automatically navigating a machine, comprising
- autonomously navigating the paving machine over a worksite using one or more sensors of a plurality of sensors to determine the position of the machine on the worksite or relative to other elements on the worksite;
- detecting an abnormality or error condition in information received from the one or more sensors;
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- activating or relying on a different one or more sensors of the plurality of sensors to determine the position of the machine on the worksite or relative to other elements on the worksite to navigate the machine.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.