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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2014
Applicant:
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2006.01); E02F 9/26 (2006.01); E02F 9/20 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E02F 9/261 (2013.01); E02F 9/205 (2013.01); E02F 9/2054 (2013.01); G05D 1/0214 (2013.01); G05D 2201/021 (2013.01);
Abstract
Automated excavating uses automated dozers and other earthmoving equipment to move material at a worksite. When such equipment is required to avoid a temporary obstruction, traverse between work slots, or traverse between work areas, a controller uses information from real-time sensors and contour maps to determine a new route to the destination. The controller also determines in real time whether the proposed route will keep the equipment on terrain with slopes that do not exceed a slope limit set for the mobile excavation machine. If not, the controller re-routes the machine to a new path over terrain with acceptable slopes.