Providing auto-guidance of a mobile machine without requiring a graphical interface display
First Claim
1. A method of implementing auto-guidance, the method comprising:
- in response to a first electromechanical switch input from a user using one of three or less electromechanical switches without using any graphical user interface display while a mobile machine is at a first point, setting by the auto-guidance system the first point for auto-guidance of the mobile machine;
in response to a second electromechanical switch input from the user using one of the three or less electromechanical switches without using any graphical user interface display after movement of the mobile machine from the first point to a second point, setting by the auto-guidance system the second point for auto-guidance of the mobile machine;
activating, by the auto-guidance system, auto-guidance of the mobile machine; and
automatically guiding, by the auto-guidance system, the mobile machine along a path defined by the first point and the second point;
wherein the setting of the first point, the setting of the second point, and the activating are performed by one or more hardware processors.
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Abstract
Auto-guidance of a mobile machine is provided that does not require a graphical user interface display. Human interactions with the auto-guidance system of a mobile machine are performed solely with one or more electromechanical switches of the auto-guidance system while the mobile machine is operating. A first point for auto-guidance of a mobile machine is set by an auto-guidance system in response to a first electromechanical switch input. A second point for auto-guidance of the mobile machine is set by the auto-guidance system in response to a second electromechanical switch input after movement of the mobile machine from the first point. The auto-guidance system activates auto-guidance of the mobile machine along a path defined by the first point and the second point. The setting of the first point, the setting of the second point, and the activating are performed by one or more hardware processors.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of implementing auto-guidance, the method comprising:
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in response to a first electromechanical switch input from a user using one of three or less electromechanical switches without using any graphical user interface display while a mobile machine is at a first point, setting by the auto-guidance system the first point for auto-guidance of the mobile machine; in response to a second electromechanical switch input from the user using one of the three or less electromechanical switches without using any graphical user interface display after movement of the mobile machine from the first point to a second point, setting by the auto-guidance system the second point for auto-guidance of the mobile machine; activating, by the auto-guidance system, auto-guidance of the mobile machine; and automatically guiding, by the auto-guidance system, the mobile machine along a path defined by the first point and the second point; wherein the setting of the first point, the setting of the second point, and the activating are performed by one or more hardware processors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable instructions stored thereon for causing a computer system to perform a method of implementing auto-guidance, the method comprising:
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in response to a first electromechanical switch input from a user using one of three or less electromechanical switches without using any graphical user interface display while a mobile machine is at a first point, setting by the auto-guidance system a first point for auto-guidance of the mobile machine; in response to a second electromechanical switch input from the user using one of the three or less electromechanical switches without using any graphical user interface display after movement of the mobile machine from the first point to a second point, setting by the auto-guidance system the second point for auto-guidance of the mobile machine; activating, by the auto-guidance system, auto-guidance of the mobile machine; and automatically guiding, by the auto-guidance system, the mobile machine along a path defined by the first point and the second point; wherein the setting of the first point, the setting of the second point, and the activating are performed by one or more hardware processors. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An autopilot operation system of a mobile machine that does not require a graphical user interface display, the autopilot operation system comprising:
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hardware that includes a memory and a processor; an auto-guidance system coupled to the hardware and configured to provide auto-guidance of the mobile machine; three or less electromechanical switches configured to receive a first electromechanical switch input and a second electromechanical switch input while the mobile machine is operating and moving from a first point to a second point, a plurality of logics stored in the memory and implemented by the processor, wherein the plurality of logics includes; a first logic that, when implemented by the processor, causes the auto-guidance system to set the first point for auto-guidance of the mobile machine in response to receiving the first electromechanical switch input from a user using one of the three or less electromechanical switches without using any graphical user interface display while the mobile machine is at the first point; a second logic that, when implemented by the processor, causes the auto-guidance system to set the second point for auto-guidance of the mobile machine in response to receiving the second electromechanical switch input from the user using one of the three or less electromechanical switches without using any graphical user interface display after movement of the mobile machine from the first point to the second point; a third logic that, when implemented by the processor, causes the auto-guidance system to define a path from the first point to the second point; and a fourth logic that, when implemented by the processor, causes the auto-guidance system to activate the auto-guidance system so as to automatically guide the mobile machine along the path. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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