Patents by Inventor Allen John DeClerk

Allen John DeClerk has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20210097462
    Abstract: A method includes transmitting instructions to the first machine to perform a first task defined by the worksite plan, and transmitting instructions to the second machine to perform a second task defined by the worksite plan, the second task being different from the first task. A first production metric is received from a first sensor associated with the first machine during execution of the first task, and A second production metric is received from a second sensor associated with the second machine during execution of the second task, the second production metric being different from the first production metric. A percentage of completion of the worksite plan is defined based on a unifying production metric that is determined based at least in part on the first production metric and the second production metric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Chad T. Brickner, Allen John DeClerk, Bradley Keith Bomer, Mark William Whiting
  • Publication number: 20210097458
    Abstract: A method of estimating productivity at a worksite includes receiving, with a controller, a worksite plan to be executed by a hauling machine, a spreading machine, and a compacting machine at the worksite, assigning, with the controller, the hauling machine, the spreading machine, and the compacting machine to implement tasks within the worksite plan based on respective capabilities of the hauling machine, the spreading machine and the compacting machine, receiving, with the controller, machine data from the hauling machine, the spreading machine and the compacting machine defining indication of completion of the tasks, and calculating, with the controller, a lift count based on the machine data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Chad T. Brickner, Allen John DeClerk, Bradley Keith Bomer, Mark William Whiting
  • Patent number: 8639420
    Abstract: A worksite-management system includes a display component and one or more information-processors. The one or more information-processors may be configured to acquire information about a history of travel of one or more non-compactor mobile machines across a terrain surface of a worksite. The one or more information-processors may also be configured to process the acquired information to generate a digital map indicative of compaction of the terrain surface as a function of the history of travel of the one or more non-compactor mobile machines across the terrain surface. Additionally, the one or more information-processors may be configured to present on the display component information related to the compaction of the terrain surface as a function of the history of travel of the one or more non-compactor mobile machines across the terrain surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Thomas Corcoran, Allen John DeClerk, Katherine Christine Braddy
  • Publication number: 20120173090
    Abstract: A worksite-management system includes a display component and one or more information-processors. The one or more information-processors may be configured to acquire information about a history of travel of one or more non-compactor mobile machines across a terrain surface of a worksite. The one or more information-processors may also be configured to process the acquired information to generate a digital map indicative of compaction of the terrain surface as a function of the history of travel of the one or more non-compactor mobile machines across the terrain surface. Additionally, the one or more information-processors may be configured to present on the display component information related to the compaction of the terrain surface as a function of the history of travel of the one or more non-compactor mobile machines across the terrain surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Paul Thomas Corcoran, Allen John DeClerk, Katherine Christine Braddy