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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2024
Applicant:
Caterpillar Inc., Deerfield, IL (US);
Inventors:
Jan Ernest Sobus, Burpengary East, AU;
Carrie-Ann Nicole Bynon, Bradford, AU;
Russell Allen Brockhurst, Carindale, AU;
Gregory Davis, Wakerley, AU;
Edward Powers Hillmann, Hemmant, AU;
Assignee:
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/26 (2006.01); B60W 30/14 (2006.01); G01C 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/26 (2013.01); B60W 30/143 (2013.01); G01C 21/3819 (2020.08); G01C 21/3822 (2020.08); B60W 2556/55 (2020.02); B60W 2720/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for generating or updating roads in a travel network of a work site. Telemetry data received from machines operating at the work site is received by a road determination module. The road determination module analyzes the telemetry data to find similar trajectories. The similar trajectories are identified as a road. The route determination module thereafter uses the roads generated or updated to manage the machines at the work site.