Method and system for performing non-contact based determination of the position of an implement
AssigneeCaterpillar Trimble Control Technologies LLC
InventorsArthur James Taylor, Mark Nichols, Philip Jackson
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a method and system for performing non-contact based determination of the position of an implement. In one embodiment, a non-contact based measurement system is used to determine the relative position of an implement coupled with a mobile machine. The geographic position of the mobile machine is determined and the geographic position of said implement based upon the geographic position of the mobile machine and the position of the implement relative to the mobile machine.
Claims30
A system for performing non-contact based determination of the position of an implement comprising:
- a non-contact based sensor measurement system configured for determining the position of said implement relative to a mobile machine coupled with said implement, said non-contact based measurement system including a distance measuring component coupled to said implement and configured for determining the distance between said implement and said mobile machine;
- a position determination system for determining the geographic position of said mobile machine;
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- a system for determining the geographic position of said implement based upon data received from said non-contact based measurement system and said position determination system.
A system for determining the position of an implement comprising:
- a non-contact based sensor measurement system which does not require the use of a mast for determining the position of an implement relative to a mobile machine coupled with said implement, said non-contact based measurement system including a distance measuring component coupled to said implement and configured for determining the distance between said implement and said mobile machine;
- a position determination system for determining the three dimensional position of said mobile machine;
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- a system for determining the geographic position of said implement based upon data received from said non-contact based measurement system and said position determination system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.