# US 2024/0201393 A1 · Self-propelled construction machine and method for working the ground or erecting a structure on the ground > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2024/0201393 A1 - Document ID: US20240201393A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/541,117 - Filed: 2023-12-15 - Published: 2024-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2022-12-19 - Assignees: Wirtgen GmbH - Applicants: Wirtgen GmbH - Inventors: Martin Buschmann; Henning Delius - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20240201393A1 ## CPC - E01C 19/004: {Devices for guiding or controlling the machines along a predetermined path (for graders or bulldozers E02F3/841; for other soil-shifting machines E02F9/2045)} - G01S 19/13: Receivers - G05D 1/247: using signals provided by artificial sources external to the vehicle, e.g. navigation beacons - G05D 1/248: generated by satellites, e.g. GPS - G05D 1/646: Following a predefined trajectory, e.g. a line marked on the floor or a flight path - E01C 19/48: for laying-down the materials and consolidating them, or finishing the surface {, e.g. slip forms therefor, forming kerbs or gutters in a continuous operation in situ (E01C19/002, E01C23/065 take precedence; devices for guiding or controlling the machines along a predetermined path E01C19/004)} - E01C 23/088: Rotary tools, e.g. milling drums {(for forming recesses to receive marking materials E01C23/0946)} - G05D 2105/05: for soil shifting, building, civil engineering or mining, e.g. excavators - G05D 2107/90: Building sites; Civil engineering - G05D 2109/10: Land vehicles - G05D 2111/32: {transmitted via communication networks, e.g. cellular networks or wireless local area networks [WLAN]} - E01C: CONSTRUCTION OF, OR SURFACES FOR, ROADS, SPORTS GROUNDS, OR THE LIKE; MACHINES OR AUXILIARY TOOLS FOR CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR (forming roads or like surfaces by compacting or grading snow or ice E01H) - G01S: RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES - G05D: SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES ## Abstract A self-propelled construction machine for working ground or erecting a structure thereon in a preceding work process, which is followed by another work process with another construction machine, comprises a mobile radio communications device, a GNSS receiver, a GNSS evaluation device or mobile radio evaluation device, and a GNSS evaluation variable acquisition device or mobile radio evaluation variable acquisition device. The GNSS evaluation device or mobile radio evaluation device is configured wherein, during advance of the machine, evaluation variables evaluating the quality of the GNSS signals or the mobile radio signal are determined at respective locations in the terrain, and the GNSS evaluation variable acquisition device or the mobile radio evaluation parameter acquisition device is configured wherein the position data determined by the GNSS receiver at the respective locations is used to generate a spatial (geo-referenced) telemetry data set describing the quality of the signals at the respective locations. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A self-propelled construction machine for working a ground or erecting a structure on the ground in a preceding work process, which is followed by another work process with another construction machine, wherein the construction machine comprises: a machine frame supported by running gears; a working device arranged on the machine frame and configured to work the ground or erect the structure on the ground; a mobile radio antenna configured to receive mobile radio signals; a GNSS receiver comprising an antenna arranged at a reference point of the construction machine for receiving GNSS signals of a plurality of satellites of a global navigation satellite system; and one or more computing units functionally linked to the mobile radio antenna and the GNSS receiver and configured to process mobile radio signals and/or GNSS signals received at least with respect to a plurality of locations in a terrain during advance of the construction machine, determine position data describing the position of the reference point at respective locations of the plurality of locations, determine at least one evaluation variable evaluating the quality of the mobile radio signals and/or GNSS signals received at the respective locations, use the position data to generate a spatial telemetry data set describing the quality of the mobile radio signals and/or the GNSS signals at the respective locations, and direct the spatial telemetry data set to be uploaded to a cloud memory. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The self-propelled construction machine of claim 1, wherein the spatial telemetry data set comprises a spatial GNSS telemetry data set describing the quality of the GNSS signals, wherein the one or more computing units are configured such that at least one GNSS evaluation variable evaluating the quality of the GNSS signals at the particular location is acquired in each case after traveling a predetermined distance, or after expiration of a predetermined time interval. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The self-propelled construction machine of claim 1, wherein the spatial telemetry data set comprises a spatial GNSS telemetry data set describing the quality of the GNSS signals, wherein the one or more computing units are configured to assign colors to values of the at least one GNSS evaluation variable evaluating the quality of the GNSS signals at the corresponding location in order to display the values of the at least one GNSS evaluation variable at the corresponding locations in a graphical representation of an area to be processed by the construction machine as color-coded regions. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The self-propelled construction machine of claim 1, wherein the spatial telemetry data set comprises a spatial GNSS telemetry data set describing the quality of the GNSS signals, wherein the one or more computing units are configured, in order to generate the spatial GNSS telemetry data set, to evaluate at least one GNSS evaluation variable taking into account at least one evaluation criterion, and to determine whether the at least one GNSS evaluation variable satisfies the at least one evaluation criterion at the respective location, or whether the at least one GNSS evaluation variable does not satisfy the at least one evaluation criterion. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The self-propelled construction machine of claim 1, wherein the spatial telemetry data set comprises a spatial GNSS telemetry data set describing the quality of the GNSS signals, wherein the one or more computing devices are configured to determine a value correlating with a signal strength of the GNSS signals of the satellites of a global navigation satellite system and/or a value correlating with the satellite geometry as a GNSS evaluation variable evaluating the quality of the GNSS signals. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The self-propelled construction machine of claim 1, wherein the spatial telemetry data set comprises a spatial mobile radio telemetry data set describing the quality of the mobile radio signals, wherein the one or more computing units are configured such that, to generate the spatial mobile radio telemetry data set during the advance of the construction machine, at least one mobile radio evaluation variable is acquired in each case after traveling a predetermined distance, or after the expiration of a predetermined time interval. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The self-propelled construction machine of claim 1, wherein the spatial telemetry data set comprises a spatial mobile radio telemetry data set describing the quality of the mobile radio signals, wherein the one or more computing units are configured such that colors are assigned to values of at least one mobile radio evaluation variable evaluating the quality of the mobile radio signal at a corresponding location in order to display the values of the at least one mobile radio evaluation variable at the corresponding locations in a graphical representation of an area to be processed by the construction machine as color-coded regions. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The self-propelled construction machine of claim 1, wherein the spatial telemetry data set comprises a spatial mobile radio telemetry data set describing the quality of the mobile radio signals, wherein the one or more computing units are configured such that, in order to generate the spatial mobile radio telemetry set, at least one mobile radio value evaluating the quality of the mobile radio signal at the respective location is evaluated taking into account at least one evaluation criterion, and to determine whether the at least one mobile radio evaluation variable satisfies the at least one evaluation criterion at the respective location, or whether the at least one evaluation variable does not satisfy the at least one evaluation criterion. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The self-propelled construction machine of claim 1, wherein the spatial telemetry data set comprises a spatial mobile radio telemetry data set describing the quality of the mobile radio signals, wherein the one or more computing units are configured such that a value correlating with a signal strength of the mobile radio signal, and/or a value correlating with a runtime of the mobile radio signal, and/or a value correlating with an upload rate and/or download rate of the mobile radio signal is determined as a mobile radio evaluation variable evaluating the quality of the mobile radio signal. ### Claim 10 A method for working a ground or erecting a structure on the ground with a self-propelled construction machine in a preceding work process, which is followed by another work process with another construction machine, wherein the construction machine comprises a mobile radio communications device for establishing a mobile radio connection and a GNSS receiver for determining position data describing a position of a reference point of the construction machine, the method comprising: during an advance of the construction machine determining at least one evaluation variable evaluating the quality of mobile radio signals received by the mobile radio communications device and/or GNSS signals received by the GNSS receiver at respective locations in the terrain; with the position data of the GNSS receiver, generating a spatial GNSS telemetry data set describing the quality of the mobile radio signals and/or GNSS signals at the respective locations in the terrain; and transmitting the spatial GNSS telemetry data set to a cloud memory via the mobile radio communications device. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein a value correlating with a signal strength of the GNSS signals of satellites of a global navigation satellite system and/or a value correlating with a satellite geometry is determined as an evaluation variable evaluating the quality of the GNSS signals. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein a value correlating with a signal strength of the mobile radio signal, and/or a value correlating with a runtime of the mobile radio signal, and/or a value correlating with an upload rate and/or download rate of the mobile radio signal is determined as an evaluation variable evaluating the quality of the mobile radio signal. ### Claim 13 The method of claim, wherein a data processing device is provided with the mobile radio communications device for establishing a mobile radio connection, the telemetry data set is read out from the cloud memory using the data processing device, and the data of the telemetry data set are processed with the data processing device. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the data of the telemetry data set processed with the data processing device are visualized on a screen of the data processing device. ### Claim 15 A system comprising: a self-propelled construction machine for working a ground or erecting a structure on the ground in a preceding work process, which is followed by another work process with another construction machine, the construction machine comprising a machine frame supported by running gears, a working device arranged on the machine frame, a mobile radio antenna configured to receive mobile radio signals, and a GNSS receiver comprising an antenna arranged at a reference point of the construction machine for receiving GNSS signals of a plurality of satellites of a global navigation satellite system; a cloud memory; and one or more computing units functionally linked to the mobile radio antenna and the GNSS receiver and configured to process mobile radio signals and/or GNSS signals received at least with respect to a plurality of locations in a terrain during advance of the construction machine, determine position data describing the position of the reference point at respective locations of the plurality of locations, determine at least one evaluation variable evaluating a quality of the mobile radio signals and/or GNSS signals received at the respective locations, use the position data to generate a spatial telemetry data set describing the quality of the mobile radio signals and/or GNSS signals at the particular locations, and direct the spatial telemetry data set to be uploaded to the cloud memory. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, further comprising a data processing device having a mobile radio communications device for establishing a mobile radio connection and configured such that the telemetry data set is read out of the cloud memory, and the data of the telemetry data set are processed to be visualized on a screen of the data processing device. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein the one or more computing units are configured to determine a value correlating with a signal strength of the GNSS signals of satellites of a global navigation satellite system and/or a value correlating with a satellite geometry as an evaluation variable evaluating the quality of the GNSS signals. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein the one or more computing units are configured to determine a value correlating with a signal strength of the mobile radio signal, and/or a value correlating with a runtime of the mobile radio signal, and/or a value correlating with an upload rate and/or download rate of the mobile radio signal as an evaluation variable evaluating the quality of the mobile radio signal.