METHOD FOR DETERMINING A STEERING TECHNIQUE FOR AN EARTH MOVING MACHINE

Patent №

US 5,918,682

Granted

1999-07-06

Filed 1997

Owner

CATERPILLAR INC.

Lab

AI components

1

planning

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

08909169

The present invention provides a method for selecting a steering method for an earthmoving machine having a blade and first and second tracks. One embodiment of the present invention includes selecting a steering method based on the position error of the machine. In another embodiment of the present invention the steering method is selected based on the elevation of the work implement, and the position error.

PlanningE02F 9/2045E02F 3/841E02F 3/845

AI classification

Planning0.93
Evolutionary computation0.17
Knowledge representation0.00
Vision0.00
Machine learning0.00
Natural language0.00
Speech0.00
AI hardware0.00

Ownership

CATERPILLAR INC.

assignment · 86650163

Assignors

FAN, ZHEJUN, KELLY, THOMAS J., LOMBARDI, FRANK

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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