Method and a device for controlling movements of a work vehicle
AssigneeVolvo Construction Equipment AB
InventorBjorn Brattberg
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Abstract
Method and arrangement for controlling movements of a work vehicle. The positional or geometric state of an equipment assembly for handling objects or material is determined and the control scheme which governs operation of at least one driveline component of the vehicle is varied depending on the determined equipment assembly state.
Claims20
A method for controlling movement of a work vehicle (1) that includes an equipment assembly (11) for handling objects or material and a driveline, said method comprising:
- automatically determining the geometric or positional state of the equipment assembly (11);
- automatically selecting a control scheme from among a plurality of different predefined control schemes that can be used to govern operation of a component of the vehicle's driveline (13), the selected control scheme being selected based upon the determined geometric or positional state of the equipment assembly;
- and
- controlling operation of said driveline component in accordance with the selected control scheme.
A device for controlling movement of a work vehicle (1) that includes a driveline (13) and an equipment assembly (11) for handling objects or material, said device comprising:
- determination means (27,28) for automatically determining the geometric or positional state of the equipment assembly (11);
- and
- a control unit (26,29) that is configured to control operation of a component of the vehicle driveline in accordance with a control scheme that is selected from among a plurality of different predefined control schemes, the selected control scheme being selected automatically based upon the determined geometric or positional state of the equipment assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.