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Excavator data acquisition and control system and process

  • US 6,119,376 A
  • Filed: 08/25/1997
  • Issued: 09/19/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/19/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A control system for navigating an earth penetrating apparatus along a predetermined route, the system comprising:

  • a memory for storing first geographic positioning data characteristic of the predetermined route;

    a geographic positioning system that generates second geographic positioning data representative of an actual real-time position of the earth penetrating apparatus along the predetermined route;

    a detector unit that generates data representative of an underground obstruction along the predetermined route; and

    a navigation controller that utilizes the first and second geographic data and the detector unit data to navigate the earth penetrating apparatus along the predetermined route and to deviate from the predetermined route to avoid contact between the earth penetrating apparatus and a detected underground obstruction along the predetermined route.

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