Systems and methods for monitoring the distribution of residue material from a spreader tool of an agricultural machine including a first sensor with a sensing region defining a first sensing boundary corresponding to a first direction with respect to the agricultural machine, a second sensor with a sensing region defining a second sensing boundary corresponding to a second direction with respect to the agricultural machine, and using the sensing data from the first and second sensors to determine a distribution of residue material associated with the spreader tool. One or more systems of the agricultural machine are then controlled based on the determined distribution.

Systems and methods for monitoring the distribution of residue material from a spreader tool of an agricultural machine including a first sensor with a sensing region defining a first sensing boundary corresponding to a first direction with respect to the agricultural machine, a second sensor with a sensing region defining a second sensing boundary corresponding to a second direction with respect to the agricultural machine, and using the sensing data from the first and second sensors to determine a distribution of residue material associated with the spreader tool. One or more systems of the agricultural machine are then controlled based on the determined distribution.

An agricultural method for automatically controlling a position of a harvesting implement of an agricultural harvester, where the harvesting implement may be movably supported relative to a chassis of the agricultural harvester, and where a cab may be movably supported relative to the chassis, may include receiving inertial movement data from an implement-based inertial measurement unit (IMU) supported on the harvesting implement and inertial movement data from a vehicle-based IMU supported on at least one of the cab or the chassis of the agricultural harvester. The method may further include determining a relative movement parameter of the harvesting implement relative to the at least one of the cab or the chassis based at least in part on the inertial movement data. Additionally, the method may include controlling an operation of an implement actuator based at least in part on the relative movement parameter.

A process for weighing a harvested crop stored in a tank of a harvesting machine, a frame supporting the tank is mounted on a wheel set by a lifting device which is operable to move the frame upwardly and downwardly upon control of a hydraulic system. The process controlling the hydraulic system and includes the steps of: determining at least one height position of the frame on the displacement course; measuring a lowering pressure and a raising pressure in the hydraulic system at the position; calculating, from the measured pressures, a balancing pressure for the frame. The process is performed before unloading the stored crop in order to calculate a loaded balancing pressure and after the unloading in order to calculate an empty balancing pressure. The weight of the stored crop is calculated from a pressure variation between the loaded balancing pressure and the empty balancing pressure.

A field map generating system includes: a crop data obtaining unit that obtains crop data over time; a position information obtaining unit that obtains position information, indicating a harvesting position of the crop, over time; polygon constructing units that construct a polygon on the basis of a work width and speed of a harvester, for each piece of crop data obtained by the crop data obtaining unit; data assigning units that assign crop data or crop information based on the crop data to the constructed polygons; a position information assigning unit that assigns position information to the constructed polygons; and field map generating units that generate a field polygon map, which is an aggregate of the polygons, by aggregating the polygons.

A field map generating system includes: a crop data obtaining unit that obtains crop data over time; a position information obtaining unit that obtains position information, indicating a harvesting position of the crop, over time; polygon constructing units that construct a polygon on the basis of a work width and speed of a harvester, for each piece of crop data obtained by the crop data obtaining unit; data assigning units that assign crop data or crop information based on the crop data to the constructed polygons; a position information assigning unit that assigns position information to the constructed polygons; and field map generating units that generate a field polygon map, which is an aggregate of the polygons, by aggregating the polygons.

A control system for controlling pivoting of a header of an agricultural harvester. The control system includes first, second, and third header height sensors, each for mounting to a respective point on the header, each configured to provide a respective header height signal representing a respective measured header height of their respective point on the header above a ground plane. The control system further includes a header angle sensor configured to provide a header angle signal indicative of a pivot angle of the header about an axis; and a processor configured to: receive the signals; calculate an estimated first header height based on the pivot angle and the second and third header heights; determine a replacement first header height by selecting the smallest of the estimated and the measured first header height; and generate a control signal based at least on the replacement first header height.

A sickle knife drive for an agricultural vehicle generally includes a first pump, a first motor, a second motor and a drive manifold having a plurality of connections used for connecting to other devices of the sickle knife drive and/or to devices outside of the sickle knife drive. Operation of the first pump in a forward direction causes the first motor to drive a sickle knife gearbox to cut a crop. During the forward direction, the second motor provides cooling to the fluid circuit. When the first pump direction is reversed, the agricultural vehicle supplements a fluid flow to the fluid circuit to clear any jammed crop from the sickle knives.

An agricultural system for determining crop loss of an agricultural harvester may include a support beam extending along a lateral direction between first and second lateral ends, and one or more impact sensors supported on the support beam. Each of the one or more impact sensors is configured to generate data indicative of a crop impact location of each crop impact of a plurality of crop impacts on the support beam between the first and second lateral ends. Additionally, the agricultural system may include a computing system communicatively coupled to the one or more impact sensors, where the computing system is configured to determine the crop impact location of each crop impact of the plurality of crop impacts on the support beam between the first and second lateral ends based at least in part on the data from the one or more impact sensors.

A detector detects an overall fill level of a receiving vehicle. A mobile device on the receiving vehicle includes a mobile application that receives and displays the overall fill level of the receiving vehicle. The overall fill level can be overlaid on a geographic map that shows locations of multiple receiving vehicles, in which case an overall fill level indicator for each receiving vehicle is displayed on the geographic map as well.