ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,107, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).
"Systems and methods for planning an excavator dig cycle" was invented by Benjamin Hodel (Dunlap, Ill.) and Benjamin Floyd (Peoria, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A machine, including a bucket linkage that defines dig block constraints, including: a reach inside and outside limits; swing first and second limits; and a depth limit. Sensors can be positioned on the machine to count dig passes. One or more memory devices have instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause the processors to: generate an excavation plan, including: determining a...