US 11,685,412 B2
Override of autonomous functions of a machine
Timothy O'Donnell, Long Lake, MN (US); Nicholas A Oetken, Brooklyn Park, MN (US); Kyle Hendricks, Saint Francis, MN (US); and Robert Jason McGee, Peoria, IL (US)
Assigned to Caterpillar Paving Products Inc., Brooklyn Park, MN (US)
Filed by Caterpillar Paving Products Inc., Brooklyn Park, MN (US)
Filed on Mar. 5, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/810,508.
Prior Publication US 2021/0276596 A1, Sep. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. B60W 60/00 (2020.01); E02F 3/96 (2006.01); E02F 9/20 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 60/0055 (2020.02) [E02F 3/967 (2013.01); E02F 9/2045 (2013.01); B60W 2300/17 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
causing an initiation of an autonomous mode of a machine,
the autonomous mode providing automatic control of a vibration of a drum of the machine and at least one of automatic control of a propulsion operation or automatic control of a steering operation;
determining that the automatic control, of the vibration of the drum, is to be disabled; and
initiating, based on determining that the automatic control, of the vibration of the drum, is to be disabled, a manual control of the vibration of the drum while at least one of the automatic control of the propulsion operation or the automatic control of the steering operation remains enabled.