Patent ID: 11953337
Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  E | IPC E  G

Claim 10:
11. The method of claim 8, wherein the volume of material required to fill at least a portion of the worksite is estimated at least in part by:
collecting first data for at least a forward portion of the worksite via surface scans by at least a first sensor onboard the work machine;
collecting second data for at least a traversed portion of the worksite via surface scans by at least a second sensor onboard the work machine;
determining one or more characteristic values of a ground material in the work area based on at least first data for a specified area and corresponding second data for the specified area; and
estimating the volume of material required to fill the at least a portion of the worksite based on at least one of the one or more characteristic values.