# US 2021/0277627 A1 · System and method for depositing material at a target location with a work vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0277627 A1 - Document ID: US20210277627A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/813,292 - Filed: 2020-03-09 - Published: 2021-09-09 - Earliest claimed: 2020-03-09 - Assignees: CNH Industrial America LLC - Applicants: CNH Industrial America LLC - Inventors: Natalia Lucas; Stojan Arezina; Brad Anthony Stemper; Andrea Maria Cardona Alfaro; Alex Wei - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210277627A1 ## CPC - E02F 9/205: {Remotely operated machines, e.g. unmanned vehicles (E02F3/8866 takes precedence)} - E02F 9/265: {with follow-up actions (e.g. control signals sent to actuate the work tool)} - E02F 3/431: {for bucket-arms, front-end loaders, dumpers or the like} - E02F 3/434: {providing automatic sequences of movements, e.g. automatic dumping or loading, automatic return-to-dig} - E02F 9/2037: {Coordinating the movements of the implement and of the frame} - E02F 9/26: Indicating devices {(E02F5/145 takes precedence)} - E02F 9/261: {Surveying the work-site to be treated} - E02F 3/283: {with a single arm pivoted directly on the chassis (linkage mechanism for it E02F3/3405)} - E02F: DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING (winning peat E21C49/00) ## Abstract A method for depositing material at a target location with a work vehicle includes receiving an input associated with a target weight of the material to be deposited at the target location. Additionally, the method includes controlling an operation of the vehicle such that an implement of the vehicle obtains a quantity of the material. Furthermore, the method includes controlling the operation of the vehicle such that the implement is raised from a first to a second position. Moreover, the method includes determining a weight of the currently obtained quantity of the material as the implement is raised from the first to the second position. In addition, the method includes controlling the operation of the vehicle such that the currently obtained quantity of the material is deposited at the target location. Further, the method includes initiating display of a current total weight of the material deposited at the target location. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for depositing material at a target location with a work vehicle, the method comprising: receiving, with one or more computing devices, an input associated with a target weight of the material to be deposited at the target location; controlling, with the one or more computing devices, an operation of the work vehicle such that an implement of the work vehicle obtains a quantity of the material; controlling, with the one or more computing devices, the operation of the work vehicle such that the implement is raised from a first position to a second position; determining, with the one or more computing devices, a weight of the currently obtained quantity of the material as the implement is raised from the first position to the second position; controlling, with the one or more computing devices, the operation of the work vehicle such that the currently obtained quantity of the material is deposited at the target location; and initiating, with the one or more computing devices, display of a current total weight of the material deposited at the target location. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: initiating, with the one or more computing devices, display of the determined weight of the currently obtained quantity of the material. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: determining, with the one or more computing devices, when the currently obtained quantity of the material corresponds to a first quantity of the material to be deposited at the target location, wherein, when the currently obtained quantity of the material corresponds to the first quantity of the material, the current total weight of the material deposited at the target location corresponds to the weight of the currently obtained quantity of the material. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, further comprising: when the currently obtained quantity of the material does not correspond to the first quantity of the material, adding, with the one or more computing devices, the determined weight of the currently obtained quantity of the material to the current total weight of the material deposited at the target location. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, further comprising: determining, with the one or more computing devices, whether the current total weight of the material deposited at the target location is less than the target weight; and when the current total weight of the material deposited at the target location is less than the target weight, controlling, with the one or more computing devices, the operation of the work vehicle such that the currently obtained quantity of the material is deposited at the target location. ### Claim 6 The method of claim of 4, further comprising: determining, with the one or more computing devices, whether the current total weight of the material deposited at the target location is greater than the target weight. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, further comprising: when the current total weight of the material deposited at the target location is greater than the target weight, determining, with the one or more computing devices, whether the current total weight of the material loaded at the target location is acceptable to an operator of the work vehicle; and when the current total weight of the material loaded at the target location is acceptable to the operator, controlling, with the one or more computing devices, the operation of the work vehicle such that the currently obtained quantity of the material is deposited at the target location. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, further comprising: when the current total weight of the material loaded at the target location is not acceptable to the operator, controlling, with the one or more computing devices, the operation of the work vehicle such that a portion of the currently obtained quantity of the material is tipped off the implement. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, further comprising: after the portion of the currently obtained quantity of the material is tipped off the implement, controlling, with the one or more computing devices, the operation of the work vehicle such that the implement is tilted to a roll-back position; estimating, with the one or more computing devices, the weight of the currently obtained quantity of the material as the implement is tilted; determining, with the one or more computing devices, whether the portion of the currently obtained quantity of the material was tipped off to a pile; when the portion of the currently obtained quantity of the material was tipped off to the pile, initiating display of the weight of the currently obtained quantity of the material; when the portion of the currently obtained quantity of the material was not tipped off to the pile, initiating display of the weight of the portion of the currently obtained quantity of the material that was tipped off. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, further comprising: after the portion of the currently obtained quantity of the material is tipped off the implement, controlling, with the one or more computing devices, the operation of the work vehicle such that the implement is lowered; controlling, with the one or more computing device, the operation of the work vehicle such that the implement is raised across a range of positions; determining, with the one or more computing devices, the weight of the currently obtained quantity of the material as the implement is raised from the first position to the second position; determining, with the one or more computing devices, whether the portion of the currently obtained quantity of the material was tipped off to a pile; when the portion of the currently obtained quantity of the material was tipped off to the pile, initiating display of the weight of the currently obtained quantity of the material; when the portion of the currently obtained quantity of the material was not tipped off to the pile, initiating display of the weight of the portion of the currently obtained quantity of the material was tipped off. ### Claim 11 A system for depositing material at the target location with a work vehicle, the system comprising: a lift assembly including a boom and an implement coupled to the boom; a display device; and a controller communicatively coupled to the display device, the controller configured to control an operation of the work vehicle, the controller including a processor and associated memory, the memory storing instructions that, when implemented by the processor, configure the controller to: receive an input associated with a target weight of the material to be loaded at the target location; control the operation of the work vehicle such that the implement obtains a quantity of the material; control the operation of the work vehicle such that the implement is raised from a first position to a second position; determine a weight of the currently obtained quantity of the material as the implement is raised from the first position to the second position; control the operation of the work vehicle such that the currently obtained quantity of the material is deposited at the target location; and initiate display of a current total weight of the material deposited at the target location on the display device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to initiate display of a determined weight of the currently obtained quantity of the material on the display device. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to determine when the currently obtained quantity of the material corresponds to a first quantity of the material to be deposited at the target location, wherein, when the currently obtained quantity of the material corresponds to the first quantity of the material, the current total weight of the material deposited at the target location corresponds to the weight of the currently obtained quantity of the material. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13, wherein the controller is further configured to add the determined weight of the currently obtained quantity of the material to the current total weight of the material deposited at the target location when the currently obtained quantity of the material does not correspond to the first quantity of the material. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The system of claim 14, wherein the controller is further configured to: determine whether the current total weight of the material deposited at the target location is less than the target weight; and control the operation of the work vehicle such that the currently obtained quantity of the material is deposited at the target location when the current total weight of the material deposited at the target location is less than the target weight. ### Claim 16 The system of claim of 14, wherein the controller is further configured to determine whether the current total weight of the material deposited at the target location is greater than the target weight. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16, wherein the controller is further configured to: determine whether the current total weight of the material loaded at the target location is acceptable to an operator of the work vehicle when the current total weight of the material deposited at the target location is greater than the target weight; and control the operation of the work vehicle such that the currently obtained quantity of the material is deposited at the target location when the current total weight of the material loaded at the target location is acceptable to the operator. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The system of claim 17, wherein the controller is further configured to: control the operation of the work vehicle such that a portion of the currently obtained quantity of the material is tipped off the implement when the current total weight of the material loaded at the target location is not acceptable to the operator. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The system of claim 18, wherein the controller is further configured to: control the operation of the work vehicle such that the implement is tilted to a roll-back position after the portion of the currently obtained quantity of the material is tipped off the implement; estimate the weight of the currently obtained quantity of the material as the implement is tilted; determine whether the portion of the currently obtained quantity of the material was tipped off to a pile; initiate display of the weight of the currently obtained quantity of the material on the display device when the portion of the currently obtained quantity of the material was tipped off to the pile; and initiate display of the weight of the portion of the currently obtained quantity of the material that was tipped off on the display device when the portion of the currently obtained quantity of the material was not tipped off to the pile. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The system of claim 18, wherein the controller is further configured to: control the operation of the work vehicle such that the implement lowered after the portion of the currently obtained quantity of the material is tipped off the implement; control the operation of the work vehicle such that the implement is raised across a range of positions; determine the weight of the currently obtained quantity of the material as the implement is raised from the first position to the second position; determine whether the portion of the currently obtained quantity of the material was tipped off to a pile; initiate display of the weight of the currently obtained quantity of the material on the display device when the portion of the currently obtained quantity of the material was tipped off to the pile; initiate display of the weight of the portion of the currently obtained quantity of the material that was tipped off on the display device when the portion of the currently obtained quantity of the material was not tipped off to the pile.