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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2018
Applicant:
Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc., Livermore, CA (US);
Inventor:
Vernon Joseph Brabec, Livermore, CA (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E02F 3/43 (2006.01); E02F 3/32 (2006.01); E02F 9/20 (2006.01); E02F 9/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E02F 3/435 (2013.01); E02F 3/32 (2013.01); E02F 3/437 (2013.01); E02F 9/2033 (2013.01); E02F 9/262 (2013.01); E02F 9/265 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for machine operator command attenuation includes the step of detecting a position of a boom, stick, and bucket of a hydraulic implement of a construction machine. Movement of the stick is detected by a controller. The controller determines if the movement of the stick will cause excavation below a desired grade. If the movement will not cause excavation below a desired grade, the controller will take no action. If the movement will cause excavation below a desired grade, the controller will command the boom to raise.