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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2022
Hydro-gear Limited Partnership, Sullivan, IL (US);
Damon J. Hoyda, McCordsville, IN (US);
Hydro-Gear Limited Partnership, Sullivan, IL (US);
Abstract
A control system including a drive system and a blade system; a collision sensor; a main board having a main processor and in communication with the collision sensor, the drive system, and the blade system; the collision sensor, upon sensing a collision, capable of transmitting a collision signal to the main processor; the main board capable of transmitting an adjustment command to the drive system or the blade system; a vision sensor; a vision processor in communication with the vision sensor and the main processor, and capable of determining whether the image data represent an obstacle; the vision sensor capable of transmitting image data to the vision processor; when the vision processor determines the image data represent an obstacle, the vision processor capable of transmitting a collision-replicating signal to the main processor, prompting the main board to transmit the adjustment command to the drive system and/or the blade system.