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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2018
Caterpillar Paving Products Inc., Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
John L. Marsolek, Watertown, MN (US);
Jacob J. McAlpine, Otsego, MN (US);
Dann J. Rawls, Dunlap, IL (US);
Caterpillar Paving Products Inc., Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Abstract
A method includes receiving information associated with a first haul truck configured to traverse a travel path extending from a paving material plant to a worksite. The method also includes identifying the first haul truck as having a location sensor that is one of missing and faulty, determining whether a second haul truck traversed the travel path ahead of the first haul truck, and determining an arrival time at which the first haul truck is expected to arrive at the worksite. In such a method, the arrival time is determined based at least in part on an estimated travel time associated with the first haul truck traversing the travel path, or a recorded travel time associated with the second haul truck traversing the travel path ahead of the first haul truck.