Patent ID: 9402349
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: A01F,G01B

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method of calibrating a tensioning system, the computer-implement method comprising: receiving, by the one or more computing devices, one or more signals from a sensor in communication with a slack arm; identifying, by the one or more computing devices, the slack arm for calibration; identifying, by the one or more computing devices, a first movement of the slack arm; determining, by the one or more computing devices, that the slack arm has been maintained in a first calibration position, after the identified first movement, for at least a first predetermined time interval; determining, by the one or more computing devices, a first calibration setting for the slack arm based upon, at least in part, the determined first calibration position; identifying, by the one or more computing devices, a second movement of the slack arm; determining, by the one or more computing devices, that the slack arm has been maintained in a second calibration position, after the identified second movement, for at least a second predetermined time interval; determining, by the one or more computing devices, a second calibration setting for the slack arm based upon, at least in part, the determined second calibration position; and determining, by the one or more computing devices, a current position of the slack arm throughout a range of motion during operation based upon, at least in part, at least one of the determined first and second calibration settings.