Method and apparatus for determining the location and orientation of a work machine

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5438771
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08241118

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An apparatus is provided for determining the location of a digging implement at a work site. The apparatus includes an undercarriage, a car body rotatably connected to the undercarriage, a receiver connected to the car body, a positioning system for determining the location of the receiver in three dimensional space, the positioning system determining the location of the receiver at a plurality of points along an arc, and a processor for determining the location and orientation of the car body in response to the location of the plurality of points.

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CATERPILLAR INC100 NE ADAMS STREET PEORIA IL 61629

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Gudat, Adam J Edelstein, IL 56 5004
Henderson, Daniel E Washington, IL 24 1296
Sahm, W Charles Peoria, IL 3 123

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