US 11,789,458 B2
Automatic mode resume system for a mobile machine
Robert J. McGee, Peoria, IL (US); Sangameshwar Sonth, Dunlap, IL (US); Timothy M. O'Donnell, Long Lake, MN (US); and David E. Gerding, Maple Grove, MN (US)
Assigned to Catepillar Paving Products, Inc., Booklyn Park, MN (US)
Filed by Caterpillar Paving Products Inc., Brooklyn Park, MN (US)
Filed on Mar. 6, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/812,008.
Prior Publication US 2021/0278860 A1, Sep. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. B60K 35/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01)
CPC G05D 1/0274 (2013.01) [B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60K 2370/152 (2019.05); G05D 2201/02 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for resuming a job performed on a job site by a mobile machine, comprising:
moving the mobile machine about a perimeter of the job site while recording a path of the mobile machine as the mobile machine moves about the perimeter;
generating a job plan for the job site based at least in part on the path about the perimeter;
storing an interrupted status of the job being performed by the mobile machine upon interruption of the job for the job site;
moving the mobile machine outside of the perimeter of the job site following the interruption;
displaying multiple job sites on a display of the mobile machine, each job site including a stored interruption location and a resume location;
receiving a selection of the job site from a user input;
displaying the interruption location and the resume location for the selected job site on the display; and
wherein the job is resumed in an auto mode of the mobile machine based, at least in part, on the job plan including the path about the perimeter that was generated by recording the path of the mobile machine and whether the mobile machine is positioned at an offset distance or orientation from the interruption location and the resume location at the selected job site.