A harvester includes a crop processor, a crop transfer arm and a vision system with a first camera with a field of view of at least one hundred and forty degrees and a second camera with a field of view of at least one hundred and forty degrees. A control system is configured to combine image data from the first camera and the second camera to form a single two-dimensional image, use the single two-dimensional image to identify the receiving vehicle, combine image data from the first camera and the second camera to form a stereo image, and use the stereo image to determine a location of the receiving vehicle relative to the harvester.

A harvester includes a crop processor for reducing crop material to processed crop, a crop transfer arm for transferring processed crop material to a receiving vehicle, and a vision system including a first camera having a first field of view and a second camera having a second field of view, wherein the first camera is separated from the second camera along two axes. A control system is configured to use image data from the first camera and image data from the second camera to detect the presence of a receiving vehicle and to determine a distance between the harvester and the receiving vehicle, and generate control signals for automatically aligning the crop transfer arm with the receiving vehicle.

A system for image-based identification of the position of a cargo container, a vehicle equipped therewith, and a corresponding method. The cargo container comprises edges and corners. The system comprises an electro-optical unit, which is or can be directed on the cargo container and is configured to provide an image signal which contains distance information, and an electronic evaluation unit, which is connected in a signal-transmitting manner to the electro-optical unit and is configured to generate, on the basis of the image signal, a distance image with respect to the spatial location of the edges of the cargo container and a two-dimensional estimation of the position of the corners of the cargo container within the image and to provide a position signal with respect to the spatial position of the corners of the cargo container on the basis of the distance image and the estimation.

A vision system for a harvester includes a first camera positioned on a first side of a crop transfer arm of the harvester and a second camera positioned on a second side of the crop transfer arm of the harvester, the second side being opposite the first side. A center of the first field of view and a center of the second field of view are angled away from one another by an angle of at least ten degrees. A first portion of the first field of view overlaps at least a portion of the second field of view and a second portion of the first field of view does not overlap the second field of view, and a first portion of the second field of view overlaps at least a portion of the first field of view and a second portion of the second field of view does not overlap the first field of view.

A forage harvester gathers crop by a crop receiving assembly and delivers the crop via infeed units to aggregates for comminuting and conveyance. The crop is then conveyed to a transport vehicle via a discharge chute provided on a discharge tower. A device for adjusting the tilt angle of the discharge chute is provided for guiding the crop mass flow onto the transport vehicle. A method for measuring a crop mass flow on the forage harvester is based on sensing a force proportional to the crop mass flow, which acts upon the device for adjusting the tilt angle of the discharge chute, and calculating the crop mass flow in a computing unit based on the sensed force.

During harvesting operations, the operator of an agricultural harvester must generally monitor various operating parameters of the harvester. However, such monitoring of operating parameters can direct the focus of the operator away from the harvesting operation, thereby leading to harvesting inefficiency, harvesting losses, and operator strain and fatigue. This may, in turn, distract the operator from the harvesting operation. Therefore, the agricultural harvester may include a light-emitting device positioned within a field of view of an operator of the agricultural harvester when the operator is viewing unloading operations. The light-emitting device may provide an indication of a fill level of the harvester storage compartment and/or an unloading rate of the harvested material from the storage compartment.

An adjustable transfer device for unloading processed crop onto a container of a transport vehicle including a control arrangement with an electronic control unit, among other integrated components. Electronic control unit calculates position of expected point of incidence of crop flow on the container. Further provided is a system that identifies and tracks a target object in image data, which is then used to determine the trajectory of the target. With the trajectory known, the control arrangement can accurately direct the crop flow into the container.

An agricultural harvester includes one or more actuators configured to move a crop unloading tube of the harvester relative to a frame of the harvester. Additionally, the agricultural harvester includes a sensor configured to capture data indicative of a presence of the crop receiving vehicle within a crop unloading zone of the agricultural harvester. Moreover, the agricultural harvester includes a computing system communicatively coupled to the sensor. As such, the computing system configured to determine when the crop receiving vehicle is present within the crop unloading zone based on the data captured by the sensor. In addition, when it is determined that the crop receiving vehicle is present within crop unloading zone, the computing system is configured to control an operation of the one or more actuators such that the crop unloading tube is moved relative to the frame from a current position to a predetermined crop unloading position.

A crop container monitor for monitoring a fill-state of an open-top crop container during a harvesting operation, the crop container monitor comprising: at least one radiation sensor positionable at an upper end of a wall of the open-top crop container to receive radiation from an interior of the open-top crop container; and a controller configured to: receive a sensing signal from the at least one radiation sensor, wherein the sensing signal is representative of the received radiation; determine a propagation distance from the at least one radiation sensor to a point from which the received radiation was scattered, reflected or emitted, based on the sensing signal; and output the fill-state of the open-top crop container based on the propagation distance.

An agricultural harvesting machine with a transfer device is disclosed. The transfer device includes a first section and a second section, which pivots about a pivot axis relative to the first section between an unfolded position in which the second section extends as a longitudinal extension of the first section and a folded position in which the second section is positioned alongside the first section. A drive device includes a first piston/cylinder unit to drive a pivoting movement of the second section between the folded position and the unfolded position. A locking device includes a second piston/cylinder unit to lock the second section to the first section in the unfolded position. A piston of the second piston/cylinder unit, in a piston position, has a defined distance from a cylinder base of a cylinder of the second piston/cylinder unit, thereby causing the second section to lock in the unfolded position.