Method for determining the volume between previous and current site surfaces
US5801967A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 29, 1996 |
| Grant date | Sep 1, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 29, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01F22/00
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method for calculating a volume between previous and current site surfaces is provided. The site surfaces are represented by a series of surface elevations. The method includes the steps of determining previous surface elevations; traversing the site with a work machine and determining current surface elevations; and calculating a volume difference between the current surface and the previous surface as a function of the previous surface elevations and the current surface elevations.
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