Work vehicle operator control
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsNathan J. Horstman, Giovanni A. Wuisan, Ronald J. Huber
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Abstract
In a work vehicle, such as a motor grader, having at least one actuator for positioning a component, an operator control system includes at least one controller configured to control the at least one actuator, and a control movable through a range of motion and having at least two detents, at least one located on each side of a neutral position of the control. The at least one controller is configured to control the at least one actuator based on positions of the control as the control is moved through its range of motion, and correlate at least one input signal from the control when at least one of the detents with at least one reference position of the component.
Claims20
In a motor grader having at least one actuator for positioning a component, an operator control system comprising:
- at least one controller configured to control the at least one actuator;
- and
- a control movable through a range of motion and having at least two detents, including a first detent and a second detent located on an opposite side of a neutral position from the first detent;
- wherein the at least one controller is configured to:
- control the at least one actuator based on positions of the control as the control is moved through its range of motion;
- and
- correlate at least one input signal from the control when at least one of the detents with at least one reference position of the component.
In a motor grader having at least one actuator for positioning a component, an operator control system comprising:
- at least one controller configured to control the at least one actuator;
- and
- a control movable through a range of motion and having at least two detents, including a first detent and a second detent located on an opposite side of a neutral position from the first detent;
- wherein the at least one controller is configured to:
- control the at least one actuator based on positions of the control as the control is moved through its range of motion;
- correlate at least one input signal from the control when at the first detent with at least one reference position of the component;
- and
- correlate at least one input signal from the control when at the second detent with a mode selection associated with the component.
In a work vehicle having at least one actuator for positioning a component, an operator control system comprising:
- at least one controller configured to control the at least one actuator;
- and
- a control movable through a first range of motion in a first direction and through a second range of motion in a second direction;
- wherein the at least one controller is configured to:
- control the at least one actuator according to variable control signals received from the control when moved through the first and second ranges of motion;
- control the at least one actuator according to a discrete control signal received from the control;
- correlate the discrete control signal with a first reference position of the component when the control is in the first range of motion;
- and
- correlate the discrete control signal with a second reference position of the component different than the first reference position when the control is in the second range of motion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.