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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017

Filed:

Mar. 23, 2016
Applicant:

Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);

Inventors:

Hong Chang, Peoria, IL (US);

Nicholas Vogel, Peoria, IL (US);

Assignee:

Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/02 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/027 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01);
Abstract

A machine navigation system includes a monitoring mechanism for monitoring configuration of an implement movable between configurations relative to a frame such that a center of mass of the machine moves in response to the moving of the implement. A second monitoring mechanism monitors track speed in the machine. A location of an origin of the track speed varies based upon location of the center of mass. A control unit is coupled with the monitoring mechanisms and structured to determine a control term for compensating for movement of a reference location on the machine relative to the track speed origin. The control unit further calculates velocity based on the track speed and the compensatory control term.


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