Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and system for mapping terrain and operating autonomous machines using machine parameters
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Application No.: US15181302Application Date: 2016-06-13
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Publication No.: US10248133B2Publication Date: 2019-04-02
- Inventor: Kenneth L. Stratton , Jeffrey Edward Jensen
- Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IL Deerfield
- Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
- Current Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Deerfield
- Main IPC: G05D1/02
- IPC: G05D1/02 ; G05D1/00 ; E02F9/26 ; G09B25/06 ; G09B25/08 ; B60P1/04 ; E02F9/20 ; G05B11/01

Abstract:
A system for mapping terrain using at least a first machine and a second machine traveling along the terrain includes a controller for each of the respective first and second machines. Each respective machine includes a plurality of sensors in electrical communication with the controller of each respective machine. The controller is configured to receive, from the plurality of sensors located on each respective machine a plurality of machine parameters indicative of sensed operations of the respective machine as the respective machine travels along the terrain. The controller is further configured to determine, based on the received machine parameters for the respective machine, a geometry and a grade of a plurality of paths on the terrain along which the respective machine travels.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160282878A1 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MAPPING TERRAIN AND OPERATING AUTONOMOUS MACHINES USING MACHINE PARAMETERS Public/Granted day:2016-09-29
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