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  • Method for determining the volume between previous and current site surfaces
    Patent number: 5801967
    Abstract: A method for calculating a volume between previous and current site surfaces is provided. The site surfaces are represented by a series of surface elevations. The method includes the steps of determining previous surface elevations; traversing the site with a work machine and determining current surface elevations; and calculating a volume difference between the current surface and the previous surface as a function of the previous surface elevations and the current surface elevations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel E. Henderson, Karl W. Kleimenhagen, Craig L. Koehrsen, Kevin J. Lueschow, Kenneth L. Stratton