Patent ID: 8060283

Claim:
A method for controlling the loading of a container associated with a vehicle, the method comprising: determining a leader location of a lead vehicle; determining a follower location of a follower vehicle having a container for storing a material; calculating an observed relative position between the lead vehicle and the follower vehicle; establishing target relative positions between the lead vehicle and the follower vehicle, where the target relative positions include at least a first target relative position and a second target relative position spatially separated form the first target relative position; selecting a preferential one of the established target positions; and wherein the first target relative position is expressed as a first distance (D 1 ) and a first angle (Î¸ 1 ) with respect to a leader reference point of the leader vehicle and a follower reference point of the follower vehicle; the first target relative position aligned such that a chute or conduit of the leader vehicle is aligned with a first volume or first zone of the container of the follower vehicle adjusting the observed relative position of the follower vehicle to achieve the selected preferential one of the established target positions.