A01D41/1274

PULLEY ASSEMBLY FOR AN AGRICULTURAL HARVESTER
20220087107 · 2022-03-24 ·

A pulley assembly is provided for mounting on a rotatable shaft of an agricultural harvester and is operable in a high-speed configuration or a low-speed configuration. The pulley assembly comprises a high-speed pulley with a high-speed running surface for receiving a drive belt when the pulley assembly is in the high-speed configuration and a low-speed pulley with a low-speed running surface for receiving a drive belt when the pulley assembly is in the low-speed configuration. The pulley assembly has three sets of teeth extending from surfaces of the two pulleys. In the low-speed configuration, the running surfaces of the low-speed pulley and high-speed pulley are axially aligned and the first set of teeth and the second set of teeth are engaged. In the high-speed configuration, the running surface of the high-speed pulley is exposed for receiving the drive belt.

Combine harvester with driver assistance system and method for operating a combine harvester with a driver assistance system

A combine harvester has multiple working mechanisms for carrying out specific treatment subprocesses of an overall treatment process for processing crop and a driver assistance system for controlling the working mechanisms, which includes a memory for storing data, a computing device for processing the data stored in the memory, and a graphical user interface. The driver assistance system, together with the particular working mechanisms provided for carrying out the treatment subprocesses, forms independently operating automated adjusting mechanisms which are utilized for optimizing the control of the working mechanisms for carrying out the treatment subprocesses. A process supervisor is assigned to the driver assistance system for controlling individual automated adjusting mechanisms and a data exchange of the automated adjusting mechanisms with one another. The process supervisor is configured for interacting with an operator to edit at least one parameter of at least one control process, which has been stored in the memory for actuation by the process supervisor.

Vehicle Speed Control System

A vehicle speed control system that controls a vehicle speed of an agricultural vehicle that performs work using a work device while traveling using a traveling device, the agricultural vehicle performs work travel a plurality of times with non-work travel interposed therebetween, the vehicle speed control system including: a control unit configured to perform work travel control in which a vehicle speed is set according to a load on a motive power source that drives the traveling device and the work device; and a storage unit in which a vehicle speed that is set during the work travel is stored as an optimum vehicle speed, the control unit performs initial work travel control in which a vehicle speed at a time when the work travel is started after the non-work travel is set using the optimum vehicle speed that is stored during the work travel performed before the non-work travel.

MACHINE CONTROL USING A PREDICTIVE MAP

One or more information maps are obtained by an agricultural work machine. The one or more information maps map one or more agricultural characteristic values at different geographic locations of a field. An in-situ sensor on the agricultural work machine senses an agricultural characteristic as the agricultural work machine moves through the field. A predictive map generator generates a predictive map that predicts a predictive agricultural characteristic at different locations in the field based on a relationship between the values in the one or more information maps and the agricultural characteristic sensed by the in-situ sensor. The predictive map can be output and used in automated machine control.

Harvester transport preparation

A harvesting platform is connected to a combine for movement with the combine over the ground surface. The harvesting platform includes a cutter bar that cuts a crop being harvested, and a reel that presses the crop against the cutter bar during harvesting. The cutter bar moves between a cutter bar harvesting position and a cutter bar transport position, and the reel moves between a reel harvesting position and a reel transport position. A controller receives a first signal from a user via a user interface, sends a second signal to the cutter bar to move the cutter bar between the cutter bar harvesting position and the cutter bar transport position in response to the first signal, and send a third signal to the reel to move the reel between the reel harvesting position and the reel transport position in response to the first signal.

FORAGE HARVESTER

A forage harvester is disclosed. The forage harvester has a work assembly for harvesting a crop and for processing harvested material of the crop, which includes grain components and non-grain components. In operation, the harvested material is transported in a harvested material flow along a harvested material transport path through the harvesting machine. The forage harvester also has a control assembly that includes an optical measuring system arranged on the harvested material transport path. The optical measuring system has a camera for recording image data of the harvested material of the harvested material flow. The control assembly, using an image recognition routine, determines image regions assigned to a non-grain component in the image data, determines geometric properties of the assigned non-grain components based on the image regions, and determines an indicator of a structural percentage of the harvested material from the geometric properties.

APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR ROW-BY-ROW CONTROL OF A HARVESTER
20220071093 · 2022-03-10 ·

The disclosed apparatus, systems and methods relate to an electrically driven corn head and/or a corn head retrofitted with individual electric motor assemblies on each corn head. In various implementations, the corn head is configured for row-by-row control of harvesting operations. In certain implementations, the corn head and associated systems can count and estimate size of stalks and ears. Further the system is configured to measure yield.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING REEL OF COMBINE HARVESTER
20220000023 · 2022-01-06 ·

The disclosure provides a system and a method for controlling a reel of a combine harvester, wherein, the system comprises a satellite positioning receiver, a driving device, a controller and a rotating speed sensor; the rotating speed sensor collects and transmits an actual rotating speed of the reel to the controller, and the controller provides the driving device with a speed regulation signal according to the actual rotating speed and the operation running speed. The disclosure may realize that the rotating speed of the reel can be automatically, accurately and quickly adjusted according to the operation running speed of the combine harvester during the operation of the combine harvester, and improve the operation efficiency and quality while ensuring the crop feed quantity.

Systems and methods for a product system of an agricultural applicator

A product system for an agricultural sprayer can include a product tank configured to store a first volume of an agricultural product. A second volume of the agricultural product can be positioned within a flow assembly after the fill mode. A reclaim system can be configured to provide the agricultural product within the flow assembly to the product tank. A computing system can be communicatively coupled with the reclaim system and configured to determine an open volume of the product tank based on data captured by the tank sensor and activate a reclaim mode of the reclaim system to move the second volume of the agricultural product from the flow assembly to the product tank when the open volume can be greater than the second volume of the agricultural product.

PRE-UNLOADING POWER REDUCTION SYSTEM AND METHOD
20220039319 · 2022-02-10 ·

A work machine for harvesting crop includes a controller and an engine. The controller is configured to command operation of the engine in accordance with various power curves based on sensed factors associated with the harvested crop. The work machine stores the harvested crop in a tank to be unloaded by an unloading auger which is powered by the engine. Prior to activation of the unloading auger, the controller commands the engine to operate in accordance with a power curve associated with a reduced power level to reserve power for operation of the unloading auger.