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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 10, 2011
Applicants:

Craig L. Koehrsen, East Peoria, IL (US);

Thomas F. Doherty, Holland Park, AU;

Inventors:

Craig L. Koehrsen, East Peoria, IL (US);

Thomas F. Doherty, Holland Park, AU;

Assignee:

Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/16 (2006.01); G05B 19/4061 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/4061 (2013.01); G05D 1/0278 (2013.01); G05D 1/0289 (2013.01); G05B 2219/49141 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0202 (2013.01);
Abstract

A worksite system is disclosed. The worksite system may have an input module configured to receive at least one of a boundary and a characteristic of an awareness zone at a worksite, and at least one locating device configured to determine a position of a mobile machine and another mobile entity at the worksite. The worksite system may also have a controller in communication with the input module and the at least one locating device. The controller may be configured to track movement of the mobile machine, and to make a determination of a presence of the other mobile entity. The controller may also be configured to initiate a collision avoidance strategy in response to at least one of the mobile machine nearing or entering the awareness zone when the other mobile entity is in the awareness zone.


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