Method for determining and displaying the position of a truck during material removal
First Claim
1. A method for determining and displaying a correlated position of a truck as it is being loaded by an earth moving machine having a bucket, said earth moving machine being located on a land site having at least one type of material, comprising the steps of:
- receiving a loading event signal;
determining said correlated position of the truck in response to said loading event signal, said correlated position including an orientation of said truck; and
,displaying said correlated position of the truck relative to the land site.
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Abstract
In one aspect of the present invention, a method for determining and displaying a correlated position of a truck as it is being loaded by an earth moving machine is provided. The method includes the steps of receiving a loading event signal and then determining the correlated position of the truck in response to the loading event signal. The correlated position of the truck is then displayed relative to the land size.
In an alternative embodiment, a method for determining and displaying productivity information regarding material excavated by an earth moving machine and loaded into a truck is provided. The method includes the steps of determining the bucket load material type of the material loaded in the bucket. Productivity information is then displayed at a remote location in response to the bucket load material type.
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37 Claims
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1. A method for determining and displaying a correlated position of a truck as it is being loaded by an earth moving machine having a bucket, said earth moving machine being located on a land site having at least one type of material, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a loading event signal; determining said correlated position of the truck in response to said loading event signal, said correlated position including an orientation of said truck; and
,displaying said correlated position of the truck relative to the land site. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for determining and displaying productivity information regarding material excavated by an earth moving machine and loaded into a truck, the earth moving machine having a bucket, said earth moving machine being located on a land site having at least one type of material, comprising the steps of:
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determining an occurrence of a loading operation, said operation including loading material into the bucket; determining a bucket load material type of the material loaded in the bucket; determining an occurrence of a dumping operation, said operation including dumping material into said truck; determining a position of said truck in response to said loading position and said dumping position, said position including a truck origin and a truck orientation; determining a predominate material type dumped into said truck, said material having an associated material color; and
,displaying said truck position, relative to said earth moving machine, in said associated material color. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method of determining a position of a truck as it is being loaded by an earth moving machine having a bucket, said earth moving machine being located on a land site having at least one material type, comprising the steps of:
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determining a loading position of said earth moving machine; determining a dumping position of said earth moving machine; determining a truck origin in response to said dumping position; determining a truck orientation in response to said loading position and said dumping position; and
,displaying said truck position, including said truck origin and said truck orientation, relative to the earth moving machine. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. An apparatus adapted to determine a position of a truck as it is being loaded by an earth moving machine having a bucket, said earth moving machine being located on a land site having at least one material type, comprising:
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a controller adapted to determine a loading position and a dumping position of said earth moving machine, determine a truck origin in response to said dumping position, determine a truck orientation in response to said loading position and said dumping position, determine a side of said earth moving machine that said truck is positioned in response to said dumping position and said loading position, and generate a truck position signal; and a display adapted to receive said truck position signal and display said truck position, including said truck origin and said truck orientation, relative to the earth moving machine. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37)
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