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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2020
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Michael G. Kean, Maquoketa, IA (US);
Todd F. Velde, Dubuque, IA (US);
Deere &Company, Moline, IL (US);
Abstract
A mobile machine includes a tool coupled to the mobile machine by one or more controllable linkages. The machine includes a user interface mechanism configured to receive input from an operator. The machine includes one or more controllers configured to implement surface follow logic configured to receive the input from the user interface mechanism and identify a desired movement of the tool relative to a control surface, based on the input. The one or more controllers configured to implement control signal generator logic that generates a control signal to control the one or more controllable linkages, based on the identified movement.