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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2021
Caterpillar Paving Products Inc., Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Nathaniel S. Doy, Maple Grove, MN (US);
John L. Marsolek, Watertown, MN (US);
David Edwin Gerding, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Caterpillar Paving Products Inc., Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Abstract
A control system for a compactor is disclosed. The control system can include any one or combination of one or more position sensors, a steering system, a control interface and a controller. The controller can be in communication with at least the control interface and the one or more position sensors. The controller can be configured to receive data recording a position of the compactor when physically operating the compactor along at least a portion of the desired boundary of a compaction area, determine from the data a virtual boundary of the compaction area corresponding to the position of the compactor when physically operating the compactor along the desired boundary of the compaction area, and generate at least a first work plan for operating the compactor to compact in the compaction area up to the virtual boundary.