Patent ID: 7643923
Filing Date: 2010-01-05
Classification: E01C

Abstract:
1. Method for monitoring the travel path of a road processing machine driving on a base surface and the working height of a working part arranged thereon in a vertically adjustable manner, in which method the three-dimensional position of a position element arranged on the road processing machine is determined and the working height of the working part is determined, the method comprising: comparing the working height with a required height, and/or comparing the determined position with a required position, and/or comparing the determined travel direction with a required direction, wherein: the position element is arranged at a position which is located a distance away horizontally from the working part in the longitudinal direction of the road processing machine by at least half of the longitudinal extension and before the centre of gravity of the road processing machine in the travel direction, the positional height of the three-dimensional position of the position element is converted into the working height at the working part using at least one value of at least one reference determination.