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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2004
Applicants:
Mark Gibson, Portland, OR (US);
Charles Manning, Whitecliffs, NZ;
Arthur F. Lange, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Mark Gibson, Portland, OR (US);
Charles Manning, Whitecliffs, NZ;
Arthur F. Lange, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Trimble Navigation Limited, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 22/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention recite a method and system for implementing automatic vehicle control with parameter-driven disengagement. In one embodiment, a course for a vehicle is determined along which the vehicle is to be automatically guided. An indication is received that a pre-defined parameter has been exceeded In response to receiving the indication, the generation of vehicle control commands is then suspended.