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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2014
Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc., Livermore, CA (US);
Dimitre Markov, Holden Hill, AU;
John Boal, Mawson Lakes, AU;
Stefan Stefanov, Sheidow Park, AU;
Andrew Walter, Payneham, AU;
Heath Stephens, Lenswood, SA;
Brian Sorbe, Jackson, MN (US);
Michael Gomes, Rancho Murieta, CA (US);
TOPCON POSITIONING SYSTEMS, INC., Livermore, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for controlling a display in a machine operating in a work area. A plurality of views are displayed on a screen, each of the plurality of views corresponding to a plurality of functions. A user of the machine is allowed to simultaneously monitor the work area and control one or more of the plurality of functions by way of one or more of the plurality of views. The functions include one or more physical activities performed by an implement, connected to the machine, in the work area. The user is allowed to control, via the display, the one or more physical activities using software executed on the machine while monitoring the work area.