Patent ID: 9581441
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: B60R,E01C,E21C,G01B,G06Q,G07C

Claim:
1. A method of determining a total usage of at least one construction machine including a milling drum, the milling drum having a milling width, the method comprising: (a) milling a ground surface in a plurality of milling trajectories with the at least one construction machine, each milling trajectory being defined by travel of the construction machine across the ground surface; (b) determining a length of each of the milling trajectories by determining a plurality of machine positions along each trajectory; (c) determining a partial usage corresponding to each trajectory as a function of the length of each trajectory and the milling width of each trajectory, the partial usage being a milled area or a milled volume corresponding to each trajectory; and (d) determining the total usage by adding the partial usages for the plurality of milling trajectories and subtracting any overlapping usage where one trajectory overlaps another trajectory.