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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2018
Caterpillar Inc., Deerfield, IL (US);
Tony Metzger, Congerville, IL (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A method for building a pad at a construction site using a geography-altering machine, the method comprising: receiving a design for the pad at the geography-altering machine, receiving a terrain surface model of the construction site at the geography-altering machine, wherein the terrain surface model is generated using an imaging device located on the geography-altering machine, generating a cut-and-fill map at the geography-altering machine based on the design for the pad and the terrain surface model, generating guidance for building the pad at the geography-altering machine, wherein the guidance includes a starting location and moving directions for the geography-altering machine, monitoring process of building the pad using the imaging device on the geography-altering machine; and updating the cut-and-fill map and the guidance based on the monitored process.