DETERMINING MILLED VOLUME OR MILLED AREA OF A MILLED SURFACE

• Main Authors: Wagner, Stefan, Schwalbach, Lothar, Barimani, Cyrus, Paulsen, Sven, Vollmann, Klaus
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 14.03.2024
• Subjects: ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES; CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES; CONSTRUCTION OF, OR SURFACES FOR, ROADS, SPORTS GROUNDS, ORTHE LIKE; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; MACHINES OR AUXILIARY TOOLS FOR CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR; MEASURING; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS; MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEARDIMENSIONS; MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUIDLEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME; PHYSICS; RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; TESTING

A system is provided for determining a volume of material milled, or a surface area milled, by a construction machine having a milling drum. The volume of material milled is determined as a function of a cross-sectional area of material to be milled in front of the milling drum and a distance traveled by the construction machine while actively milling. The cross-sectional area is determined in part by direct machine observation of one or more profile characteristics of a ground surface in front of the milling drum. The surface area milled is determined as a function of the width of the area to be milled in front of the milling drum and a distance traveled by the construction machine while actively milling.