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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2014
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Brian G. Funke, Peoria, IL (US);
Daniel Stanek, Chillicothe, IL (US);
Troy K. Becicka, Sahuarita, AZ (US);
Seth J. Redenbo, Metamora, IL (US);
Paul Friend, Morton, IL (US);
Daniel K. Dunn, Dunlap, IL (US);
Kenneth L. Stratton, Dunlap, IL (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A system for remotely controlling a machine includes a remote input device, a transmitter remote from the machine, and a receiver at the machine. A controller is configured to store a desired communications threshold, receive input commands from the remote input device, generate a plurality of remote control input signals based upon the input commands, and transmit the plurality of remote control input signals at a location remote from the machine. The controller is further configured to receive at least some of the plurality of remote control input signals at the machine, determine a communications parameter based upon at least one of the plurality of remote control input signals, compare the communications parameter to the desired communications threshold, and generate a command to stop the machine if the communications parameter is outside the desired communications threshold.