Patent ID: 9617708
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: E02F

Claim:
1. A method for correcting a position of an excavation vehicle, the excavation vehicle comprising a cab, a boom, a stick, and a bucket, the method comprising: obtaining angular position data for working equipment of the excavation vehicle, wherein the working equipment comprises the cab, the boom, the stick, and the bucket, and wherein angular position data comprises vehicle tilt angle data; calculating tilt-compensated positions for the working equipment based on the angular position data and dimensions of the working equipment, calculating a tilt-compensated position output for the boom based on the tilt-compensated positions; and adjusting the position of the excavation vehicle based on the tilt-compensated position output, wherein adjusting the position of the excavation vehicle comprises shifting the working equipment to the calculated tilt-compensated positions.