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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2008
Brian Mintah, Washington, IL (US);
Jeffrey Lee Kuehn, Metamora, IL (US);
Qiaoyan Huang, Houston, TX (US);
Brian Mintah, Washington, IL (US);
Jeffrey Lee Kuehn, Metamora, IL (US);
Qiaoyan Huang, Houston, TX (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A method is provided for determining a current operating mode of a machine. The method includes receiving data relating to a plurality of machine parameters and performing initial comparisons between the received data and previously stored reference data for each machine parameter. The method also includes determining an operating mode indicated by each initial comparison. The method further includes selecting a current operating mode from the operating modes indicated by the initial comparisons.