发明名称 Machine control system having autonomous edge dumping
摘要 A control system is disclosed for use with a plurality of machines operating at a worksite. The control system may have a plurality of communicating devices, and a plurality of onboard controllers, each mountable to the plurality of machines. The control system may also have an offboard controller in communication with the plurality of onboard controllers via the plurality of communicating devices. The offboard controller may be configured to selectively assign each of a plurality of sequentially arranged dump targets for use by each of the plurality of machines based on an order in which the plurality of machines arrive at a dump location. The offboard controller may be further configured to make a determination that lanes extending to two dump targets of the plurality of sequentially arranged dump targets overlap, and selectively skip assignment of one of the two dump targets based on the determination.
申请公布号 US8880334(B2) 申请公布日期 2014.11.04
申请号 US201313752262 申请日期 2013.01.28
申请人 Caterpillar Inc. 发明人 Kini Anath P.;Struble Joshua C.;Vitale Andrew J.;Koehrsen Craig L.;Everett Bryan J.;Banham Mark H. C.;Povey Dean G.;Holmes Matthew A.
分类号 G01C21/00;G05D1/00 主分类号 G01C21/00
代理机构 Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP 代理人 Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP
主权项 1. A control system for use with a plurality of machines operating at a worksite, the control system comprising: a plurality of communicating devices, each mountable to a different one of the plurality of machines; a plurality of onboard controllers, each mountable to a different one of the plurality of machines; and an offboard controller in communication with the plurality of onboard controllers via the plurality of communicating devices, the offboard controller configured to: selectively assign each of a plurality of sequentially arranged dump targets for use by each of the plurality of machines based on an order in which the plurality of machines arrive at a dump location;make a determination that lanes extending to two dump targets of the plurality of sequentially arranged dump targets overlap; andselectively skip assignment of one of the two dump targets based on the determination.
地址 Peoria IL US