Patent ID: 11959753
Assignee: MODULAR MINING SYSTEMS, INC.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method of navigating a first vehicle to a destination associated with a second vehicle, comprising:
with a controller connected to a position sensor mounted to the first vehicle, controlling the position sensor to determine a position of the first vehicle by triangulating the first vehicle's position in relation to GPS satellites or terrestrial transmitters located in a mining environment;
with the controller, determining a location of a destination of a first vehicle, including:
accessing via a wireless communication network a database storing information regarding the position and characteristics of the second vehicle and using that information to determine a location of a second vehicle, wherein the second vehicle is a shovel having a loading radius, and
determining the location of the destination as being offset from the location of the second vehicle by a distance equal to the loading radius of the second vehicle;
comparing the location of the first vehicle to the location of the destination to determine a location difference, and
generating feedback on a driver interface device of the first vehicle, wherein the feedback is determined by the location difference.