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Craig L. Koehrsen
Also filed as: KOEHRSEN CRAIG L · KOEHRSEN CRAIG LAWRENCE
48 granted patents·7 pending applications·3,865 citations·filing 1989–2022
99Inventor score
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55 records- 0198US6047227AMethod and apparatus for operating geography altering machinery relative to a work siteCATERPILLAR INC·Filed 1996·Granted Apr 4, 2000·152 cites·16 claims
- 0298US5956250AApparatus and method for autonomous vehicle navigation using absolute dataCATERPILLAR INC·Filed 1995·Granted Sep 21, 1999·309 cites·4 claims
- 0398US5684696ASystem and method for enabling an autonomous vehicle to track a desired pathCATERPILLAR INC·Filed 1995·Granted Nov 4, 1997·339 cites·21 claims
- 0498US5615116AApparatus and method for autonomous vehicle navigation using path dataCATERPILLAR INC·Filed 1995·Granted Mar 25, 1997·532 cites·14 claims
- 0598US5610815AIntegrated vehicle positioning and navigation system, apparatus and methodCATERPILLAR INC·Filed 1989·Granted Mar 11, 1997·575 cites·12 claims
- 0697US5838562ASystem and a method for enabling a vehicle to track a preset pathCATERPILLAR INC·Filed 1995·Granted Nov 17, 1998·283 cites·10 claims
- 0795US8360343B2Methods and systems for executing fluid delivery missionCATERPILLAR INC·Filed 2010·Granted Jan 29, 2013·20 cites·8 claims
- 0895US5646845ASystem and method for controlling an autonomously navigated vehicleCATERPILLAR INC·Filed 1995·Granted Jul 8, 1997·179 cites·11 claims
- 0993US7079931B2Positioning system for an excavating work machineCATERPILLAR INC·Filed 2003·Granted Jul 18, 2006·65 cites·22 claims
- 1093US5640323ASystem and method for operating an autonomous navigation systemCATERPILLAR INC·Filed 1995·Granted Jun 17, 1997·125 cites·4 claims
- 1193US5586030ASystem and method for managing access to a resource in an autonomous vehicle systemCATERPILLAR INC·Filed 1994·Granted Dec 17, 1996·115 cites·40 claims
- 1292US8868302B2System for autonomous path planning and machine controlEVERETT BRYAN J·Filed 2011·Granted Oct 21, 2014·18 cites·16 claims
- 1392US7747369B2System and method for sharing terrain data among multiple machinesCATERPILLAR TRIMBLE CONTROL·Filed 2005·Granted Jun 29, 2010·43 cites·36 claims
- 1492US5648901ASystem and method for generating paths in an autonomous vehicleCATERPILLAR INC·Filed 1995·Granted Jul 15, 1997·124 cites·18 claims
- 1589US11513498B2Transitioning between manned control mode and unmanned control mode based on assigned priorityCATERPILLAR INC·Filed 2020·Granted Nov 29, 2022·2 cites·20 claims
- 1689US5646843AApparatus and method for surface based vehicle control systemCATERPILLAR INC·Filed 1995·Granted Jul 8, 1997·92 cites·2 claims
- 1788US5548516AMulti-tasked navigation system and method for an autonomous land based vehicleCATERPILLAR INC·Filed 1995·Granted Aug 20, 1996·164 cites·2 claims
- 1887US8983707B2Machine control system having autonomous dump queuingEVERETT BRYAN J·Filed 2011·Granted Mar 17, 2015·13 cites·30 claims
- 1986US9560692B2Controlling a machine in remote or autonomous modeCATERPILLAR INC·Filed 2014·Granted Jan 31, 2017·16 cites·15 claims
- 2085US5925085AApparatus and method for determining and displaying the position of a work implementCATERPILLAR INC·Filed 1996·Granted Jul 20, 1999·61 cites·18 claims
- 2181US9244464B2Machine control system having autonomous edge dumpingCATERPILLAR INC·Filed 2013·Granted Jan 26, 2016·11 cites·25 claims
- 2280US7113105B2Work machine display systemCATERPILLAR INC·Filed 2003·Granted Sep 26, 2006·26 cites·21 claims
- 2380US5951613AApparatus and method for determining the position of a work implementCATERPILLAR INC·Filed 1996·Granted Sep 14, 1999·102 cites·3 claims
- 2479US9805317B2Methods and systems for controlling fluid delivery missions on a siteGUDAT ADAM J·Filed 2010·Granted Oct 31, 2017·8 cites·26 claims
- 2579US5925081ASystem and method for managing access to a load resource having a loading machineCATERPILLAR INC·Filed 1996·Granted Jul 20, 1999·58 cites·35 claims
- 2679US5735352AMethod for updating a site database using a triangular irregular networkCATERPILLAR INC·Filed 1996·Granted Apr 7, 1998·45 cites·6 claims
- 2777US9097520B2System and method for mapping a raised contourCATERPILLAR INC·Filed 2013·Granted Aug 4, 2015·7 cites·16 claims
- 2877US8930043B2Machine control system having autonomous resource queuingEVERETT BRYAN J·Filed 2011·Granted Jan 6, 2015·8 cites·34 claims
- 2977US8880334B2Machine control system having autonomous edge dumpingCATERPILLAR INC·Filed 2013·Granted Nov 4, 2014·8 cites·20 claims
- 3077US5983149AAutomatic vehicle speed retarding control through actuation of wheel brakesCATERPILLAR INC·Filed 1991·Granted Nov 9, 1999·44 cites·9 claims
- 3176US11868114B2Transitioning between manned control mode and unmanned control mode based on assigned priorityCATERPILLAR INC·Filed 2022·Granted Jan 9, 2024·0 cites·20 claims
- 3276US6529812B1Method and system for efficient processor usageCATERPILLAR INC·Filed 2001·Granted Mar 4, 2003·23 cites·18 claims
- 3376US5931875ASystem and method for managing a fleet of mobile machines for dumping at a plurality of dump pointsCATERPILLAR INC·Filed 1996·Granted Aug 3, 1999·50 cites·35 claims
- 3474US8306726B2Position monitoring system for a mobile machineDONNELLI AARON MICHAEL·Filed 2009·Granted Nov 6, 2012·15 cites·27 claims
- 3573US9134721B2Worksite system having awareness zone mapping and controlKOEHRSEN CRAIG L·Filed 2011·Granted Sep 15, 2015·7 cites·20 claims
- 3672US11226627B2System for modifying a spot locationCATERPILLAR GLOBAL MINING LLC·Filed 2019·Granted Jan 18, 2022·2 cites·20 claims
- 3772US6114993AMethod for determining and displaying the position of a truck during material removalCATERPILLAR INC·Filed 1998·Granted Sep 5, 2000·61 cites·37 claims
- 3869US5935192ASystem and method for representing parameters in a work site databaseCATERPILLAR INC·Filed 1996·Granted Aug 10, 1999·33 cites·16 claims
- 3965US9298188B2Machine control system having autonomous edge dumpingCATERPILLAR INC·Filed 2013·Granted Mar 29, 2016·4 cites·20 claims
- 4064US6751540B2Method and apparatus for design placement for earthmoving applicationsCATERPILLAR INC·Filed 2001·Granted Jun 15, 2004·13 cites·19 claims
- 4162US5897595ASystem and method for managing access of a fleet of mobile machines to a resource having multiple entry pointsCATERPILLAR INC·Filed 1996·Granted Apr 27, 1999·28 cites·22 claims
- 4258US8660791B2Fleet tracking method using unicast and multicast communicationKOEHRSEN CRAIG L·Filed 2011·Granted Feb 25, 2014·1 cites·15 claims
- 4352US8548741B2Fleet tracking system having unicast and multicast functionalityKOEHRSEN CRAIG L·Filed 2011·Granted Oct 1, 2013·1 cites·20 claims
- 4451US8239128B2Electric cable management for a mobile machineEVERETT BRYAN JAMES·Filed 2010·Granted Aug 7, 2012·2 cites·20 claims
- 4551US6073068AMethod for determining the elevation of a point on a work site represented in a triangular irregular networkCATERPILLAR INC·Filed 1996·Granted Jun 6, 2000·20 cites·17 claims
- 4651US5801967AMethod for determining the volume between previous and current site surfacesCATERPILLAR INC·Filed 1996·Granted Sep 1, 1998·17 cites·14 claims
- 4750US8548668B2Control system having tool trackingEVERETT BRYAN J·Filed 2011·Granted Oct 1, 2013·1 cites·24 claims
- 4849US2023244246A1Systems, methods, and computer-program products for collaborative path planning of mobile machines in unstructured areaCATERPILLAR INC·Filed 2022·Application pending·0 cites
- 4945US5913914AMethod and apparatus for managing simultaneous access to a resource by a fleet of mobile machinesCATERPILLAR INC·Filed 1996·Granted Jun 22, 1999·43 cites·26 claims
- 5038US2012249342A1Machine display systemKOEHRSEN CRAIG L·Filed 2011·Application pending·0 cites
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