System and method for estimating volume of material swept into the bucket of a digging machine
US6085583A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 24, 1999 |
| Grant date | Jul 11, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 24, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01F17/00
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A method is disclosed for monitoring a work implement of a digging machine positioned at an excavation site during an excavating work cycle, the work implement including a bucket for capturing material, the method comprising the steps of using a representation of the shape of the excavation site and estimating the volume of material captured by the bucket based on the actual trajectory of the bucket and the shape of the excavation site to determine when the bucket has reached a desired capacity.
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