Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Excavation system having inter-machine monitoring and control
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Application No.: US14987415Application Date: 2016-01-04
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Publication No.: US10060097B2Publication Date: 2018-08-28
- Inventor: Paul Russell Friend , Kenneth L. Stratton , Michael Edward Brandt , James D. Humphrey , James William Ryan
- Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IL Deerfield
- Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
- Current Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Deerfield
- Agency: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
- Main IPC: G06F7/70
- IPC: G06F7/70 ; G06F19/00 ; G06G7/00 ; G06G7/76 ; E02F9/26 ; E02F1/00 ; E02F9/24 ; E02F9/20

Abstract:
An excavation system is disclosed for use with an excavation machine having a work tool and with an IPCC. The excavation system may have a location device configured to generate a first signal indicative of a location of the excavation machine, a display, and at least one controller in communication with the location device and the display. The controller may be configured to receive a second signal indicative of a location of the IPCC, and to cause representations of the excavation machine and the IPCC to be simultaneously shown on the display based on the first and second signals. The at least one controller may also be configured to determine a swing radius of the work tool, and to selectively cause an indication of alignment between the IPCC and the swing radius to be shown on the display based on the first signal, the second signal, and the swing radius.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170191246A1 EXCAVATION SYSTEM HAVING INTER-MACHINE MONITORING AND CONTROL Public/Granted day:2017-07-06
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