Three dimensional feature location and characterization from an excavator
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1. A work vehicle for locating and characterizing a topographic feature at a job site, the work vehicle including:
- a chassis;
a tool moveably coupled to the chassis to move material at the job site;
a vehicle locating system configured to locate the work vehicle at the job site;
a feature locating system configured to locate the topographic feature relative to the work vehicle; and
a controller in communication with the vehicle locating system and the feature locating system, the controller configured to associate at least one characteristic of the topographic feature with a location of the topographic feature;
wherein the at least one characteristic of the topographic feature includes a length dimension between two locations of the topographic feature relative to the feature locating system.
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Abstract
A system for locating a work vehicle at a job site, locating a topographic feature with respect to the work vehicle, and further characterizing the topographic feature from the work vehicle.
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1. A work vehicle for locating and characterizing a topographic feature at a job site, the work vehicle including:
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a chassis; a tool moveably coupled to the chassis to move material at the job site; a vehicle locating system configured to locate the work vehicle at the job site; a feature locating system configured to locate the topographic feature relative to the work vehicle; and a controller in communication with the vehicle locating system and the feature locating system, the controller configured to associate at least one characteristic of the topographic feature with a location of the topographic feature; wherein the at least one characteristic of the topographic feature includes a length dimension between two locations of the topographic feature relative to the feature locating system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A work vehicle for locating and characterizing a topographic feature at a job site, the work vehicle including:
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a chassis; a tool moveably coupled to the chassis to move material at the job site; and a controller having a memory with software, the software including instructions that, when interpreted by the controller, perform the steps of; determining a location of the work vehicle at the job site; determining a location of the topographic feature relative to the work vehicle; and creating a record of the topographic feature including the location of the topographic feature and at least one characteristic of the topographic feature; wherein the at least one characteristic of the topographic feature includes a length dimension between two locations of the topographic feature relative to the feature locating system. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for locating and characterizing a topographic feature at a job site from a work vehicle, the work vehicle having a chassis and a tool moveably coupled to the chassis, the method including the steps of:
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locating the work vehicle at the job site; locating the topographic feature relative to the work vehicle by determining a first location of the topographic feature relative to the work vehicle and a second location of the topographic feature relative to the work vehicle; calculating a distance between the first location and the second location to determine a length of the topographic feature; and associating the length of the topographic feature with a location of the topographic feature from the locating step. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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