Patents by Inventor William Sahm

William Sahm 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: 20070142989
    Abstract: Systems and methods for sharing terrain data among one or more machines include a communications system associated with the one or more machines in electronic communication with each other and to a communications system associated with a remote location. The terrain data may be determined from information received from satellite positioning systems. New information comprising alterations to a worksite by one or more machines may be stored as a snippet. Collected snippets may be combined to form a data block which is sent to one or more identified machines. A bitmap, corresponding to each snippet, is sent to the one or more identified machines in order to locate the new information in the data block. Using the new information, the one or more identified machines may update a composite model of the worksite located at each of the one or more identified machines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2005
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Inventors: Craig Koehrsen, William Sahm
  • Publication number: 20050131610
    Abstract: A system and method for determining a position of a ground engaging tool of a work machine is provided. A desired surface configuration for a geographic location is identified. A mode of operation for the work machine is selected from one of a first operating mode when the desired surface configuration has a first type of surface configuration and a second operating mode when the desired surface configuration has a second type of surface configuration. A position of a ground engaging tool mounted on the work machine is sensed. A rotational angle of a swing assembly mounting the ground engaging tool is sensed. The location of the ground engaging tool is determined relative to the desired surface configuration based on the sensed position of the ground engaging tool, independently of the rotational angle of the swing assembly, when the work machine is operating in the first operating mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2003
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Inventors: William Sahm, Craig Koehrsen
  • Publication number: 20050046599
    Abstract: A display system and method for a work machine is provided. A terrain map indicative of a current surface configuration for a geographic location is displayed. The display of the terrain map includes a plurality of elevation segments. Each of the plurality of elevation segments has an actual surface elevation value for a discrete area of the geographic location. A position of a ground engaging tool operatively connected to the work machine is monitored. A current elevation of the ground engaging tool is identified. The display of the elevation segment corresponding to the location of the ground engaging tool is updated when the current elevation of the ground engaging tool indicates a change in the actual surface elevation value for the elevation segment corresponding to the location of the ground engaging tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2003
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Inventors: William Sahm, Craig Koehrsen