Work implement side shift control and method
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Abstract
A system for automatically moving a work implement of a work machine includes a position monitoring system configured to track a position of the work implement relative to a mapped landscape and programmable to incorporate an electronic representation of at least one entity designated to be avoided into the mapped landscape. The system also includes a controller configured to initiate movement of the work implement in response to information from the position monitoring system, including movement of the work implement to avoid the at least one entity. The work machine has a longitudinal axis aligned with a direction of travel of the work machine and the movement of the work implement includes movement of an edge of the work implement, nearest to the at least one entity, relative to a vertical plane containing the longitudinal axis.
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28 Claims
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1-18. -18. (canceled)
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19. A method of controlling a work implement for a work machine, comprising:
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determining an actual position of a work implement relative to a mapped landscape;
determining a first distance between at least one predetermined entity in the mapped landscape and an edge of the work implement nearest to the at least one predetermined entity;
automatically controlling movement of the work implement to avoid the at least one predetermined entity based on a comparison of the first distance to a predetermined distance;
wherein the work machine has a longitudinal axis aligned with a direction of travel of the work machine and the movement of the work implement includes movement of the edge of the work implement relative to a vertical plane containing the longitudinal axis. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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