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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2019
Applicant:
Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc., Livermore, CA (US);
Inventor:
Vernon Joseph Brabec, Livermore, CA (US);
Assignee:
Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc., Livermore, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F15B 9/09 (2006.01); E02F 3/65 (2006.01); E02F 3/38 (2006.01); E02F 3/43 (2006.01); E02F 3/84 (2006.01); E02F 9/20 (2006.01); E02F 9/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E02F 3/651 (2013.01); E02F 3/382 (2013.01); E02F 3/437 (2013.01); E02F 3/845 (2013.01); E02F 9/2033 (2013.01); E02F 9/265 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for machine grade assist includes determining whether user input will cause an implement of a machine to dig below a desired grade. User input to move a stick of an excavator can be blocked and/or delayed using hydraulic pressure so that movement of both the stick and the boom of the excavator can be synchronized to prevent a bucket of the excavator from digging below a desired grade when the stick is moved.