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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2019
Caterpillar Paving Products Inc., Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Lee M. Hogan, Varna, IL (US);
Matthew-David S. Frantz, Shakopee, MN (US);
Jason William Muir, Andover, MN (US);
Kristen Ann Gerstner, Peoria, IL (US);
Timothy Michael O'Donnell, Long Lake, MN (US);
Hyppolite Kuissi, Peoria, IL (US);
Caterpillar Paving Products Inc., Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Abstract
A method for operating a milling machine is disclosed. The method includes receiving an input identifying a leg of a plurality of legs of the milling machine. Further, the method includes determining a height of the leg based on the receiving of the input identifying the leg. The height of the leg being determined based on position data of the leg. The position data being obtained by a first sensor. Further, the method includes determining, by the controller and based on the determining the height of the leg, that a height of other legs of the plurality of legs is to be adjusted. Thereafter, the method includes adjusting the height of the other legs of the plurality of legs to the height of the leg. The height of the other legs being adjusted based on the determined height of the leg.