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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2014
Caterpillar Paving Products Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Nicholas Alan Oetken, Brooklyn Park, MI (US);
Ronald Utterodt, Lutten, DE;
Caterpillar Paving Products Inc., Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Abstract
A system and method for controlling a paving operation includes applying asphalt to a surface using a screed mounted on a paving machine, scanning a surface of the asphalt as it is applied by the screed immediately behind the paving machine using a thermal scanner mounted on the paving machine, and transmitting a signal indicative of a scanned temperature of the asphalt from the paving machine. The signal is received at the compactor and is indicative of the scanned temperature of the asphalt. The signal is used to notify a compactor operator at the compactor.