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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2015
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Joseph Faivre, Edelstein, IL (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Deerfield, IL (US);
Abstract
A method for automatically adjusting a target ground speed of a machine includes receiving data from a sensor, at a work monitor unit of an electronic control module of the machine, analyzing the data received from the sensor on the work monitor unit, receiving the data from the work monitor unit at a target model unit of the electronic control module, calculating, at the target model unit based on the data, ground engagement data for the machine, receiving the ground engagement data for the machine at a work monitor library unit of the electronic control module, calculating, at the work monitor library unit, the target ground speed, and adjusting a speed of the machine to the target ground speed.