System and method for controlling a vehicle with a sequence of vehicle events
First Claim
1. A method for controlling a vehicle, comprising:
- establishing a boundary of a work area;
determining a position of a vehicle via a location-determining receiver;
establishing a sequence of vehicle events to be executed if the determined position approaches the boundary by less than a critical distance from the boundary, each vehicle event associated with a corresponding initiation time or an initiation position with reference to the boundary, the sequence associated with a corresponding particular target ground speed or target ground speed range; and
adjusting the initiation time or the initiation position of one or more vehicle events by a corrective offset if the actual vehicular speed falls outside of the target ground or target ground speed range.
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Abstract
A system and method for controlling a vehicle with a sequence of vehicle events. A user interface allows the recording of vehicle functions that are being manually executed. After the vehicle functions are entered, they can be saved as a sequence and named appropriately. Once saved, the operator can choose to edit the sequence functions or distances to make adjustments or shift the entire sequence in time. The saved sequence can be executed at a certain distance relative to a boundary being crossed by the machine. The boundaries themselves may be pre-defined in the system, and the system can determine when the boundary is crossed based on real-time GPS position and speed measurements from the vehicle. Error distances can also be measured on the ground to determine what type of sequence shift is needed for fine-tuning. As the vehicle speed is adjusted, the sequence can be continually tuned to allow the sequence to execute accurately in a variety of operations.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for controlling a vehicle, comprising:
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establishing a boundary of a work area; determining a position of a vehicle via a location-determining receiver; establishing a sequence of vehicle events to be executed if the determined position approaches the boundary by less than a critical distance from the boundary, each vehicle event associated with a corresponding initiation time or an initiation position with reference to the boundary, the sequence associated with a corresponding particular target ground speed or target ground speed range; and adjusting the initiation time or the initiation position of one or more vehicle events by a corrective offset if the actual vehicular speed falls outside of the target ground or target ground speed range. - 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 controlling a vehicle, comprising:
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establishing a boundary of a work area; determining a position of a vehicle via a location-determining receiver; establishing a sequence of vehicle events to be executed if the determined position approaches the boundary by less than a critical distance from the boundary, each vehicle event associated with a corresponding initiation time or an initiation position, the sequence associated with a corresponding particular ground speed or ground speed range; and adjusting the vehicular speed to attain the target ground speed or the target ground speed range if the actual vehicular speed falls outside of the ground speed range for execution of the sequence.
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