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US 9,523,180 B2Granted
Semi-automatic material loading
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorSteven D. Deines
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Abstract
A position of a loading device on a conveying vehicle, relative to a receiving area, is calculated. The loading device is automatically positioned based on the relative position. The relative position of the loading device relative to the receiving area is output. An operator input is received and material is automatically unloaded from the loading device to the receiving area.
Claims21
A method, comprising:
- sensing on a conveying vehicle, a position signal that indicates an actual position of a movable receiving vehicle, that receives material, relative to a loading device, operably coupled to the conveying vehicle;
- automatically positioning the loading device, based on the actual position of the movable receiving vehicle relative to the loading device;
- generating an operator interface output indicative of the actual position of the movable receiving vehicle relative to the loading device;
- receiving an operator unloading input;
- and
- automatically unloading material from the loading device at the movable receiving vehicle in response to receiving the operator unloading input.
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A method, comprising:
- automatically positioning a receiving vehicle based on an actual position of a material conveying machine relative to the receiving vehicle;
- generating an operator interface output indicative of the actual position of the material conveying machine relative to the receiving vehicle;
- receiving an operator loading input;
- and
- automatically loading material from the material conveying machine to the receiving vehicle in response to the operator loading input.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.