Work implement side shift control and method
First Claim
1. A system for automatically moving a work implement of a work machine, comprising:
- 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 into the mapped landscape; and
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;
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 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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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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18 Claims
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1. A system for automatically moving a work implement of a work machine, comprising:
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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 into the mapped landscape; and 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; 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 an edge of the work implement, nearest to the at least one entity, relative to a vertical plane containing the longitudinal axis. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A motor grader comprising:
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a cab; a traction system; a power source; a work implement; 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 into the mapped landscape; and 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 maintain a predetermined distance between the at least one entity and an edge of the work implement nearest to the at least one entity; wherein the motor grader has a longitudinal axis aligned with a direction of travel of the motor grader and the predetermined distance is maintained by movement of the edge of the work implement relative to a vertical plane containing the longitudinal axis. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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