Patent ID: 9598080
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: B60W,E01C,E02F

Claim:
1. A method of controlling a drive unit of a self-propelled civil engineering machine to enable the civil engineering machine to perform translatory and/or rotational movements on the ground, the method comprising: determining a deviation of at least one reference point on the civil engineering machine from a desired distance or path of travel which is defined by at least one straight line and/or curve; controlling the drive unit being controlled depending on the deviation of the at least one reference point on the civil engineering machine from the desired distance or path of travel in such a way that the reference point on the civil engineering machine moves along the desired distance or path of travel or along the desired distance or path of travel at a preset spacing therefrom, and changing a position of the at least one reference point relative to the civil engineering machine continuously depending on the position of the at least one reference point relative to the desired distance or path of travel.