Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Localization system for an earthmoving machine
- Patent Title (中): 移土机的本地化系统
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Application No.: US12516023Application Date: 2007-11-27
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Publication No.: US08164338B2Publication Date: 2012-04-24
- Inventor: Richard Fling , Simon Branson
- Applicant: Richard Fling , Simon Branson
- Applicant Address: CH Heerbrugg
- Assignee: Leica Geosystems AG
- Current Assignee: Leica Geosystems AG
- Current Assignee Address: CH Heerbrugg
- Agency: Maschoff Gilmore & Israelsen
- Priority: CH1953/06 20061201
- International Application: PCT/EP2007/010263 WO 20071127
- International Announcement: WO2008/064852 WO 20080605
- Main IPC: G01V3/08
- IPC: G01V3/08

Abstract:
The invention relates to a localization system for localizing an underground object for an Earthmoving machine comprising a working part. Said localization system comprises a fastening component and a detector component. The fastening component can be arranged on the working part for example by means of magnets. The detector component is adapted to detect the object using an electromagnetic field that can be associated with the object and is arranged on the fastening component so as to swing like a pendulum, thereby effecting an alignment of the detector component under the effect of gravity. Optionally, the localization system comprises an arithmetic component for deriving a distance information of the object from the detected value. The localization system also comprises a display component for displaying and/or forwarding the detected value and/or the distance information.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100052684A1 LOCALIZATION SYSTEM FOR AN EARTHMOVING MACHINE Public/Granted day:2010-03-04
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