DEERE & COMPANY (20250018906). SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GROUND DISTANCE CONTROL

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GROUND DISTANCE CONTROL

Organization Name

DEERE & COMPANY

Inventor(s)

William J. Vande Haar of Janesville IA US

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GROUND DISTANCE CONTROL

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250018906 titled 'SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GROUND DISTANCE CONTROL

Original Abstract Submitted

ground distance control for automated vehicles wherein operation of at least a transmission and/or braking system(s) can be controlled in response to a generated distance request to achieve an identified travel distance, as well as to satisfy a maximum force or thrust command. as the vehicle travels, a measured distance can be tallied such that the measured distance increases when the vehicle travels in a first direction, and decreases when the vehicle travels in a second direction. the system can automatically determine a distance to be traveled, in terms of the measured distance, before commands are to operate a brake actuator and/or transmission actuator to decelerate and/or stop the movement of the vehicle. the system can further evaluate whether the measured distance at the location at which the vehicle actually stopped is within a distance tolerance of the distance request. the measured distance may be reset at key-on or key-off.