US 12,135,558 B2
Systems and methods for guided maneuvering with wave-off alerts
Christopher J. Utter, Tucson, AZ (US); and Edward A. Branscombe, Tucson, AZ (US)
Assigned to MODULAR MINING SYSTEMS, INC., Tucson, AZ (US)
Filed by Modular Mining Systems, Inc., Tucson, AZ (US)
Filed on May 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/826,012.
Application 17/826,012 is a division of application No. 16/586,740, filed on Sep. 27, 2019, granted, now 11,353,881.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/741,156, filed on Oct. 4, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0291691 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G05D 1/00 (2024.01)
CPC G05D 1/0225 (2013.01) [G05D 1/0223 (2013.01); G05D 1/0272 (2013.01); G05D 1/0278 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a position sensor mounted to a vehicle, the position sensor configured to identify a location of the vehicle, a heading of the vehicle, and a speed of the vehicle;
an output device configured to generate one or more outputs; and
a controller connected to the position sensor and the output device, the controller configured to:
determine when the vehicle is within a region of interest (ROI) of a loading zone,
determine that the vehicle has selected the loading zone as a target destination, and
determine positioning instructions for the vehicle and provide the positioning instructions to the output device to assist an operator in placing the vehicle within the loading zone;
wherein the instructions are determined on the basis of a comparison of the heading and speed of the vehicle within the region of interest to historical heading and speed data derived from other vehicles previously within the ROI that successfully navigated to the loading zone.