Deere & Company
Method of controlling movement of an intelligent boom

Abstract:

A work vehicle includes a pin connected to a stick boom at a location remote from a hoist boom. The pin has an envelope throughout which the pin is moveable by the hoist boom and the stick boom. A controller can receive a first signal from a hoist boom sensor, receive a second signal from a stick boom sensor, and receive input from a user interface. The controller can inhibit movement of the pin to at least one portion of the envelope, thereby permitting movement throughout a movement envelope, the movement envelope being smaller than the envelope. The controller can operate in a first operation mode when the pin is spaced from a perimeter of the movement envelope and can operate in a second operation mode when the pin is proximate the perimeter of the movement envelope.