GPS receiver with autopilot and integrated lightbar display
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7. The system of claim 7 wherein said serial communication bus is substantially compliant with the controller area network (CAN) protocol.
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Abstract
A system for controlling a mobile machine is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system comprises an integrated guidance system coupled with a steering component. The integrated guidance system comprises a position determining system for determining the geographic position of the mobile machine. A guidance system coupled with the position determining system is for determining a deviation of the mobile machine from a desired direction. The integrated guidance system also comprises a display coupled with the guidance system for visually indicating a deviation from a desired direction and a steering interface for controlling the steering component. The steering component automatically controls the steering mechanism of the mobile machine in response to a steering command generated by the steering interface. In embodiments of the present invention, the position determining system, the guidance system, the display, and the steering interface are disposed within a housing.
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7. The system of claim 7 wherein said serial communication bus is substantially compliant with the controller area network (CAN) protocol.
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19. An integrated guidance system for controlling a mobile machine, said control component comprising:
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a position determining system for determining the geographic position of said mobile machine;
a guidance system coupled with said position determining system for determining a course correction for said mobile machine based upon position data received from said position determining system;
a display coupled with said guidance system for visually indicating a deviation of said mobile machine from a desired direction; and
a steering interface coupled with said guidance system and for generating a steering command based upon said course correction, and wherein said steering command is conveyed to at least one of an electric steering component and a hydraulic steering component coupled with the steering mechanism of said mobile machine. - View Dependent Claims (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 51, 52)
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22-1. The control component of claim 19 wherein said position determining system is a satellite based position determining system.
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24. The control component of claim 23 wherein said satellite based position determining system is selected from the group consisting of a global positioning system (GPS) system, a differential GPS system, a real-time kinematics (RTK) system, a networked RTK system, a GLONASS system, and a Galileo system.
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36. A method for controlling a mobile machine comprising:
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utilizing a position determining system to determine the geographic position of said mobile machine and wherein said position determining system is disposed within a housing of an integrated guidance system;
using a guidance system disposed within said housing to generate a course correction in response to detecting a deviation of said mobile machine from a desired direction;
using a display disposed within said housing to visually indicate the deviation of said mobile machine from a desired direction; and
using a steering component to control the steering mechanism of said mobile machine in response to said course correction. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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