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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2005
Applicants:
Arthur F. Lange, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Keith Kennedy, Loveland, CO (US);
Mark Gibson, Portland, OR (US);
Inventors:
Arthur F. Lange, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Keith Kennedy, Loveland, CO (US);
Mark Gibson, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Trimble Navigation Limited, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/04 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention recite a method and system for controlling steering dead band in a mobile machine. In one embodiment, a first dead band value for actuating a steering mechanism in a first direction is determined. Then, a second dead band value for actuating the steering mechanism in a second direction is determined. The first dead band value and the second dead band value are then stored as discrete values.