Patent ID: 9580883
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: E02F

Claim:
1. A method for automatically controlling the operation of a work vehicle during the performance of a material moving operation, the work vehicle include a lift assembly having a pair of loader arms coupled to an implement, the method comprising: monitoring, with a computing device, cycle times for moving the work vehicle between a first location and a second location as the material moving operation is being performed, the first location being spaced apart from the second location such that a horizontal travel distance is defined between the first and second locations; determining, with the computing device, at least one work cycle time for moving the work vehicle between the first and second locations based on the monitored cycle times; automatically selecting, with the computing device, an operational speed for the lift assembly based on the at least one work cycle time; and automatically controlling, with the computing device, the operation of the lift assembly based on the selected operational speed such that the loader arms and the implement are moved to a pre-defined loading position as the work vehicle is moved from the first location to the second location and to a pre-defined unloading position as the work vehicle is moved from the second location to the first location.