System and method for sharing terrain data among multiple machines
First Claim
1. A method for sharing terrain data on a worksite, the method comprising:
- generating a plurality of packets of terrain data representing work performed on the worksite;
transmitting the plurality of packets of terrain data from a first machine to a second machine; and
updating a composite model of the worksite with the packets of terrain data.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for sharing terrain data among one or more machines include a communications system associated with the one or more machines in electronic communication with each other and to a communications system associated with a remote location. The terrain data may be determined from information received from satellite positioning systems. New information comprising alterations to a worksite by one or more machines may be stored as a snippet. Collected snippets may be combined to form a data block which is sent to one or more identified machines. A bitmap, corresponding to each snippet, is sent to the one or more identified machines in order to locate the new information in the data block. Using the new information, the one or more identified machines may update a composite model of the worksite located at each of the one or more identified machines.
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36 Claims
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1. A method for sharing terrain data on a worksite, the method comprising:
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generating a plurality of packets of terrain data representing work performed on the worksite; transmitting the plurality of packets of terrain data from a first machine to a second machine; and updating a composite model of the worksite with the packets of terrain data. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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2. A method for sharing terrain data on a worksite, the method comprising:
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generating a plurality of packets of terrain data representing work performed on the worksite; and transmitting the plurality of packets of terrain data from one or more machines to an office computer; and updating a composite model of the worksite with the packets of terrain data. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4)
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23. A system for sharing terrain data on a worksite, comprising:
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a communications system associated with a first machine, the communications system being configured to send a plurality of first packets of terrain data representing work performed on the worksite associated with the first machine, the communications system being configured to receive a plurality of second packets of terrain data representing work performed on the worksite associated with a second machine; and
a database associated with the first machine and configured to store the plurality of first packets of terrain data and the plurality of second packets of terrain data,wherein at least one of the plurality of first and second packets of terrain data is configured to update a composite model of the worksite. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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