US 11,982,131 B2
System and method to automatically position a machine in an operating configuration
Saravanan S. Mathivanan, Chennai (IN); Sridhar Thondikulam Raveendran, Chennai (IN); and Sudhagar Selvam, Chennai (IN)
Assigned to Caterpillar Global Mining Equipment LLC, Denison, TX (US)
Filed by Caterpillar Global Mining Equipment LLC, Denison, TX (US)
Filed on Jan. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/150,836.
Claims priority of application No. 202011002030 (IN), filed on Jan. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0222498 A1, Jul. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. G05B 15/00 (2006.01); E21B 15/04 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 15/045 (2013.01) [G05B 15/00 (2013.01); G05B 2219/45059 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A machine comprising:
a movable carrier;
a frame supported on the movable carrier;
a boom coupled to the frame;
a first actuator adapted to actuate the boom;
at least one first sensor configured to generate signals indicative of a spatial orientation of the boom;
a drilling work device coupled at a distal portion of the boom;
at least one second actuator adapted to actuate the drilling work device;
at least one second sensor configured to generate signals indicative of a spatial orientation of the drilling work device;
a user input interface configured to generate signals indicative of data corresponding to at least one drilling hole; and
a controller communicably coupled to the first actuator, the first sensor, the second actuator and the second sensor, the controller configured to:
receive signals indicative of the spatial orientation of the boom;
receive signals indicative of the spatial orientation of the drilling work device;
actuate selectively the first actuator and the second actuator through predetermined sequential steps to automatically position the machine in a default configuration based on the spatial orientation of the boom and the drilling work device;
receive signals indicative of the data corresponding to the at least one drilling hole; and
actuate at least one of the first actuator and the second actuator based on the received signals indicative of the data corresponding to the at least one drilling hole to automatically position the machine in an operating configuration from the default configuration.