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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2014
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Mo Wei, Dunlap, IL (US);
Thandava Krishna Edara, Peoria, IL (US);
Michael Allen Taylor, Swissvale, PA (US);
Troy Kenneth Becicka, Sahuarita, AZ (US);
Seth J. Rodenbo, Metamora, IL (US);
Matthew E. Kontz, Chillicothe, IL (US);
Kenneth L. Stratton, Dunlap, IL (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for automatically detecting a need for a ripping pass to be performed by a machine along a work surface is provided. The method may include monitoring one or more of machine parameters of the machine and profile parameters of the work surface, determining whether one or more predefined trigger conditions suggestive of the need for the ripping pass are met based on the machine parameters and the profile parameters, and generating a ripping pass request if one or more of the trigger conditions are satisfied.