Patent ID: 9116787
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: B60T

Abstract:
1. An electronic control system for providing selected manual and remote control of mobile heavy equipment machinery, which machinery includes a plurality of operating components that effect respective operations of the machinery, said system comprising: at least one sensor for being mounted to the machinery and for being manually engageable by a human operator positioned on the machinery to generate manual pulse width modulated input signals; a remote control system including a remote control signal transmitter for being located remotely of the machinery and a receiver, said receiver for being mounted to the machinery and responsive to remote control signals from said transmitter for generating corresponding remote CAN protocol input signals; a single programmable logic controller programmed to receive a selected one of said manual pulse width modulated input signals and said remote CAN protocol input signals and convert any said remote CAN protocol input signals, which are selected, into remote pulse with modulated input signals, said programmable logic controller being further programmed to selectively direct said manual and remote pulse width modulated input signals selectively to a single electronic control module, said electronic control module generating corresponding pulse width modulated output signals that are directed to and control selected manual and remote operation of the operating components of the machinery through a single set of machine control components and without requiring the use of two independent sets of machine control components to respectively control manual and remote operation of the machinery.