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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2013
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Qi Chen, Dunlap, IL (US);
Michael D. Braunstein, Washington, IL (US);
Satish Yadav, Peoria, IL (US);
Eric Alan Reiners, Washington, IL (US);
Kenneth Lee Stratton, Dunlap, IL (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A positioning system and method for determining a position of a machine on a worksite are disclosed. The method may store a map of the worksite which includes one or more known objects in the worksite. The method may determine whether a locating device associated with the machine is accurately providing the position of the machine. The method may also include detecting one or more objects in the worksite. The method may further determine an unmatched object from among the detected objects that does not match the one or more known objects stored in the map. The method may also store the unmatched object in the map as a known object of the worksite.