公开(公告)号：US20250164946A1

公开(公告)日：2025-05-22

申请号：US18512981

申请日：2023-11-17

Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.

Inventor： Russell A. Brockhurst ,  Kenneth Patrick Robinson ,  Jan Sobus

IPC: G05B15/02

Abstract: A machine at a worksite may be assigned to one or more production circuits that each include a sequence of activities. Each activity in a production circuit may associated with corresponding entry criteria indicating conditions that, if satisfied by the machine, permit the machine to initiate performance of that activity. The machine may perform activities of a production circuit if the machine satisfies the corresponding entry criteria. If the machine does not satisfy entry criteria of an activity in an assigned production circuit, the machine may switch to performing activities of a different production circuit, such as a lower-priority production circuit that has also been assigned to the machine, that includes an activity with entry criteria that the machine does satisfy.

公开(公告)号：US20240301658A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-12

申请号：US18181452

申请日：2023-03-09

Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.

Inventor： John Steven Harpour ,  Kenneth Patrick Robinson ,  Carla Wesley

IPC: E02F9/20

CPC classification number: E02F9/2054

Abstract: A fleet of machines at a worksite can transport loads of material, such as ore, to a processing plant configured to process the material. A fleet management controller can control operations of the fleet of machines, while a plant management controller can control operations of the processing plant. The fleet management controller and the plant management controller can exchange data associated with the operations of the fleet of machines and the operations of the processing plant. The fleet management controller can use the data provided by the plant management controller to dynamically control operations of the fleet of machines based on the operations of the processing plant. The plant management controller can use the data provided by the fleet management controller to dynamically control operations of the processing plant based the operations of the fleet of machines and attributes of loads of material transported by the fleet of machines.