A01D43/073

AUTOMATIC FILL CONTROL BASED ON VISUAL IDENTIFICATION OF GRAIN RECEIVING VEHICLES

A camera captures an image of a portion of a cart and accesses stored maps that map visual features of carts to a set of settings that are applied to an automatic fill control system. A map that matches visual features of the cart, in the captured image, is identified and the settings in that map are applied to the automatic fill control system.

System and method for calibrating alignment of work vehicles
11399462 · 2022-08-02 · ·

A control system for a work vehicle includes a controller configured to establish a first bounding shape within a storage compartment. The controller is also configured to establish a second bounding shape by mirroring the first bounding shape along a lateral centerline of the work vehicle. In addition, the controller is configured to automatically engage product flow from a conveyor outlet to the storage compartment in response to the storage compartment being positioned on a first lateral side of the work vehicle and the conveyor outlet being positioned within the first bounding shape, and to automatically engage product flow from the conveyor outlet to the storage compartment in response to the storage compartment being positioned on a second lateral side of the work vehicle and the conveyor outlet being positioned within the second bounding shape.

OPERATOR COMMANDED PLACEMENT FOR CONTROL OF FILLING MECHANISMS
20220287239 · 2022-09-15 ·

An agricultural harvester has a frame and a spout that is mounted to the frame. A display shows a representation of harvested crop in a receiving vessel. A control system detects an operator input selecting a portion of the receiving vessel and automatically controls a fill control system to being filling the receiving vessel, at the selected portions of the receiving vessel, with harvested material.

HARVESTER WITH FEED FORWARD CONTROL OF FILLING MECHANISMS
20220256770 · 2022-08-18 ·

An agricultural harvester has a frame and a spout that is movably mounted relative to the frame. A spout actuator drives movement of the spout relative to the frame based on a spout actuator control signal. Harvesting functionality engages material from a field and delivers the material through an outlet end of the spout as the agricultural harvester moves through the field in a direction of travel. A turn identifier identifies a location of a turn forward of the agricultural harvester in the direction of travel and generates a turn location indicator indicative of the location of the turn. A speed detector detects a speed of the agricultural harvester and generates a speed indicator indicative of the detected speed. A position compensation control system generates spout position compensation information for controlling the spout actuator based on the turn location indicator and the speed indicator, and a spout position controller generates the spout actuator control signal to control the spout actuator based on the spout position compensation information.

HARVESTER WITH FEED FORWARD CONTROL OF FILLING MECHANISMS
20220256770 · 2022-08-18 ·

An agricultural harvester has a frame and a spout that is movably mounted relative to the frame. A spout actuator drives movement of the spout relative to the frame based on a spout actuator control signal. Harvesting functionality engages material from a field and delivers the material through an outlet end of the spout as the agricultural harvester moves through the field in a direction of travel. A turn identifier identifies a location of a turn forward of the agricultural harvester in the direction of travel and generates a turn location indicator indicative of the location of the turn. A speed detector detects a speed of the agricultural harvester and generates a speed indicator indicative of the detected speed. A position compensation control system generates spout position compensation information for controlling the spout actuator based on the turn location indicator and the speed indicator, and a spout position controller generates the spout actuator control signal to control the spout actuator based on the spout position compensation information.

Work equipment
11267385 · 2022-03-08 · ·

Work equipment configured to unload a collected article from the storage container and resistant to tipping over when unloading the collected article. The work equipment includes a vehicle body; a storage container provided on the vehicle body so as to be moveable between a horizontal position for storing a collected article and an inclined position for unloading the collected article; a drive unit provided between the vehicle body and the storage container and configured to change a container inclination angle defined as an angle of the storage container with respect to the vehicle body; an inclination angle sensor detecting a vehicle body inclination angle defined as an inclination angle of the vehicle body with respect to a horizontal plane; and a control unit configured to control a driving operation of the drive unit according to the vehicle body inclination angle.

Work equipment
11267385 · 2022-03-08 · ·

Work equipment configured to unload a collected article from the storage container and resistant to tipping over when unloading the collected article. The work equipment includes a vehicle body; a storage container provided on the vehicle body so as to be moveable between a horizontal position for storing a collected article and an inclined position for unloading the collected article; a drive unit provided between the vehicle body and the storage container and configured to change a container inclination angle defined as an angle of the storage container with respect to the vehicle body; an inclination angle sensor detecting a vehicle body inclination angle defined as an inclination angle of the vehicle body with respect to a horizontal plane; and a control unit configured to control a driving operation of the drive unit according to the vehicle body inclination angle.

Apparatus and Method for Controlling Material Transfer from a Harvesting Machine
20220039318 · 2022-02-10 ·

An apparatus and method for controlling material transfer from a harvesting machine. More specifically, an apparatus and method for transfer of an agricultural crop from a harvesting machine having a crop discharging device to a transport vehicle comprising a crop loading container while the harvesting machine and the transport vehicle travel on a field.

Apparatus and Method for Controlling Material Transfer from a Harvesting Machine
20220039318 · 2022-02-10 ·

An apparatus and method for controlling material transfer from a harvesting machine. More specifically, an apparatus and method for transfer of an agricultural crop from a harvesting machine having a crop discharging device to a transport vehicle comprising a crop loading container while the harvesting machine and the transport vehicle travel on a field.

SUGARCANE HARVESTER BILLET DISCHARGE CONTROL
20210329840 · 2021-10-28 ·

A sugarcane harvester may include a base cutter configured to cut sugarcane, a chopping device in communication with the base cutter to receive the sugarcane cut by the base cutter, the chopping device configured to chop the cut sugarcane into billets, an elevator in communication with the chopping device, the elevator configured to transport the billets out of the sugarcane harvester, the elevator having a discharge end, a forward billet deflector beyond the discharge end of the elevator distant the discharge end, a rearward billet deflector proximate the discharge end and spaced from the forward billet deflector such that the billets fall between the forward billet deflector and the rearward billet deflector and a powered actuator to move the rearward billet deflector to adjust a discharge direction of the billets.