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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2020
The Toro Company, Bloomington, MN (US);
Ryan Douglas Ingvalson, Sewickley, PA (US);
Alexander Steven Frick, Farmington, MN (US);
Jason Thomas Kraft, Stillwater, MN (US);
Timothy Bertram Cleveland, Lakeville, MN (US);
THE TORO COMPANY, Bloomington, MN (US);
Abstract
This disclosure provides an autonomous machine system having a scheduling controller configured to determine one or more windows of availability over a time period when the autonomous machine is allowed to operate to perform one or more operational tasks; determine a total operation time over the time period; and determine an operating schedule for a work region that assigns one or more operational tasks to the one or more windows of availability based on the total operation time. The autonomous machine may be commanded to operate in the work region according to the operating schedule.