SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR APPLYING HERBICIDE TO AGRICULTURAL FIELDS

    公开(公告)号:EP4245137A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-20

    申请号:EP23158694.2

    申请日:2023-02-27

    申请人: Agco Corporation

    IPC分类号: A01M21/04 A01M7/00

    摘要: A system (202) for applying an herbicide to an agricultural field includes a sensor (114) configured to measure total vegetation density in the agricultural field; and an applicator vehicle (102, 302) comprising a chassis (104), a liquid holding tank (110) carried by the chassis, and at least one nozzle (204) carried by the chassis and in fluid communication with the liquid holding tank. A controller (116) is configured to control an amount of flow of herbicide through the nozzle(s) (204) based on the total vegetation density measured by the sensor. A method of applying an herbicide to an agricultural field includes measuring a total vegetation density in the agricultural field and spraying a variable amount of an herbicide through at least one nozzle onto the agricultural field. The amount of herbicide is based on the measured total vegetation density, without regard to distinction between crop and weed.

    VARIABLE SPEED DRIVE SYSTEM
    4.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:EP4198348A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-21

    申请号:EP22212083.4

    申请日:2022-12-07

    申请人: Agco Corporation

    IPC分类号: F16H9/18 F16H9/16

    摘要: A variable-speed belt drive apparatus includes a control sheave, a follower sheave and an intermediate sheave. The control sheave has a control belt channel for receiving a control belt. The follower sheave has a follower belt channel for receiving a follower belt. The intermediate sheave has an intermediate control belt channel for receiving the control belt and an intermediate follower belt channel for receiving the follower belt. A partition component is configured to adjust the width of the intermediate follower belt channel in response to a change in width of the intermediate control belt channel.

    HEIGHT-ADJUSTABLE TRACK DRIVE SYSTEMS AND RELATED AGRICULTURAL VEHICLES AND METHODS

    公开(公告)号:EP4169817A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-26

    申请号:EP22191758.6

    申请日:2022-08-23

    申请人: Agco Corporation

    摘要: A height-adjustable track drive system (200) for an agricultural vehicle includes a support frame (204) having four fixed-length links (208a-208d). Each link is rotatably coupled to two adjacent of the links (208a-208d) at pivot points (210a-210d). Four wheels (202a-202d) are connected to the support frame, and each wheel is connected to the support frame at one of the pivot points (210a-210d). A hydraulic cylinder (212) connects two nonadjacent pivot points (210b, 210d) of the support frame. An endless track (206) rollably contacts each of the four wheels, and one of the wheels includes a drive wheel (202a) configured to be connected to a chassis of the agricultural vehicle. Related agricultural vehicles and methods are also disclosed.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GEOLOCATING AND MAPPING ASH CONTAMINATION IN HAY PRODUCTION

    公开(公告)号:EP4101288A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-14

    申请号:EP22174180.4

    申请日:2022-05-18

    申请人: AGCO Corporation

    IPC分类号: A01F15/00

    摘要: A system and computer-implemented method for assessing an amount of ash includes an agricultural implement and an ash assessment system. The implement includes a crop processing portion configured to move a cut organic material in a field. The ash assessment system includes an ash sensor configured to determine a measured ash contamination value, a GNSS receiver configured to determine a geolocation, and a processor programmed to perform an ash assessment process. The process includes receiving the measured ash contamination value from the ash sensor and receiving the geolocation data from the GNSS receiver. The geolocation data corresponds to a geolocation of the measured ash contamination value. The process also includes correlating the measured ash contamination value and the geolocation data to one another and storing the measured ash contamination value and the geolocation data in a memory device that is coupled in communication with said processor.

    CROP ROW GUIDANCE SYSTEMS
    7.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:EP4095643A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-30

    申请号:EP22174179.6

    申请日:2022-05-18

    申请人: Agco Corporation

    IPC分类号: G05D1/02 G06V20/00

    摘要: Described herein are technologies for guiding an agricultural vehicle (1..N) through crop rows using a camera (116, 118, 119) and signal processing to locate the crop row or centers of the crop row. The signal processing uses a filter to filter data from images captured by the camera and locates the row or the centers based on the filtered data. The filter is generated based on a signal processing transform and an initial image of the crop row captured by the camera. The filter is applied to subsequent images of the crop row captured by the camera. In some embodiments, the camera includes one lens. For example, monocular computer vision is used in some embodiments. Also, in some embodiments, a central processing (102) unit generates the filter based on the transform and the initial image of the crop row and applies the generated filter to the subsequent images of the row.

    CONTACTLESS BALE DISCHARGE AND POSITION MONITORING

    公开(公告)号:EP4068157A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-05

    申请号:EP22165042.7

    申请日:2022-03-29

    申请人: Agco Corporation

    摘要: Technologies for monitoring discharged bales or bale position on a baler can be improved by applying processes for identifying radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag location. A bale can include an RFID tag and a baler can include an RFID reader. The RFID reader can interrogate the RFID tag and a computing device of or connected to the RFID reader can identify the location of the RFID tag based on the interrogation. The computing device can determine a position of the bale on the baler based on the identified location of the RFID tag since spatial information of the bale and the baler is known. Also, the computing device can estimate a geographic location of the bale, after it has been discharged from the baler, based on an identified location of the RFID tag and an identified geographic location of the baler during the discharge of the bale.

    AUTOMATED TRACTOR SPEED ADJUSTMENT FOR AVOIDANCE OF PLUGGING A BALER

    公开(公告)号:EP3970474A3

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-20

    申请号:EP21191140.9

    申请日:2021-08-12

    申请人: AGCO Corporation

    摘要: A system for adjusting a tractor (16) speed based on a performance of a pickup (14) of a baler (10) comprises a flow rate sensor (22), a processing element, and a tractor speed controller. The flow rate sensor (22) senses a flow rate of a crop into the pickup (14) and outputs a flow rate signal with a level that varies according to the flow rate of the crop into the pickup (14). The processing element receives the flow rate signal, receives a speed signal regarding a speed of a tractor (16) pulling the baler (10), compares the flow rate from the flow rate signal with the speed from the speed signal to generate a comparison result, and outputs an electronic speed signal with a level that varies according to the comparison result. The tractor speed controller is configured to receive the speed signal and adjust a speed of the tractor (16) according to the level of the speed signal.