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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2019
Caterpillar Paving Products Inc., Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Lee M. Hogan, Champlin, MN (US);
Caterpillar Paving Products Inc., Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Abstract
A machine is disclosed. The machine may include a control system that includes a controller configured to: determine a center of gravity of the machine based on a state of the machine; determine at least one of a slope limit or a pitch limit for the machine based on the center of gravity; receive a command to perform an operation that, if performed, would affect at least one of a slope or a pitch of the machine; determine whether the operation, if performed, would cause the machine to exceed the at least one of the slope limit or the pitch limit; and selectively perform the operation based on determining whether the operation, if performed, would cause the machine to exceed the at least one of the slope limit or the pitch limit.