SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING SPEED AND DIRECTION OF A LATERAL CONVEYOR OF AN AGRICULTURAL HEADER

    公开(公告)号:US20240196774A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-20

    申请号:US18288614

    申请日:2022-04-27

    IPC分类号: A01B63/00 A01B71/02

    CPC分类号: A01B63/004 A01B71/02

    摘要: An agricultural system includes a header (200) that includes a frame (201) and first and second lateral conveyors coupled to the frame. The first and second lateral conveyors are configured to laterally transport crop material towards a central crop-receiving aperture. The header (200) also includes actuators configured to adjust a speed and a direction of the first and second lateral conveyors. The agricultural system includes a controller (302) configured to receive an input from an input device that causes the controller (302) to automatically link the speed and the direction of the first and second lateral conveyors to a vehicle speed and a vehicle direction of an agricultural vehicle that the header (200) is coupled to. The controller (302) is configured to provide a control signal to the actuators (308,310) that alters the speed and the direction of the first and second lateral conveyors in response to changes in the vehicle speed and the vehicle direction.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SETTING A BOUNDARY FOR A REEL OF AN AGRICULTURAL HEADER

    公开(公告)号:US20240147904A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-09

    申请号:US18504081

    申请日:2023-11-07

    IPC分类号: A01D57/04 A01D34/04

    CPC分类号: A01D57/04 A01D34/04

    摘要: An agricultural system includes a frame, a cutter bar assembly, and a reel. The agricultural system also includes a controller configured to receive data indicative a position of the cutter bar assembly relative to the frame over a first time period of a harvesting operation, receive an input of a risk level for contact between the cutter bar assembly and the reel during the harvesting operation, generate a boundary for the reel based on the position of the cutter bar assembly relative to the frame over the first time period of the harvesting operation and the input, and control the reel based on the boundary during a second time period of the harvesting operation.

    Header fore/aft tilt control for combine harvester

    公开(公告)号:US11963480B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-23

    申请号:US17166514

    申请日:2021-02-03

    发明人: Jethro Martin

    IPC分类号: A01D75/28 A01D41/14

    CPC分类号: A01D41/141 A01D75/287

    摘要: A header positioning system for controlling a position of a header for a combine harvester. The header positioning system including a controller that is configured to receive signals corresponding to (i) a measured inclination of either the header or the combine, (ii) a measured ground speed of the header or the combine, and (iii) a measured height of the header with respect to ground. The controller is further configured to adjust a height and a pitch of the header as a function of the inclination, measured ground speed and the measured height.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY IDENTIFYING SENSORS ASSOCIATED WITH AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20240000014A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-04

    申请号:US17854850

    申请日:2022-06-30

    IPC分类号: A01D41/14 A01D41/127

    CPC分类号: A01D41/141 A01D41/127

    摘要: In one aspect, method for automatically identifying sensors provided in association with agricultural equipment includes actuating, with the computing system, agricultural equipment such that an orientation of the agricultural equipment is varied in at least one direction, and receiving, with the computing system, data from a plurality of sensors that is associated with a parameter that changes as the orientation of the agricultural equipment is varied, the plurality of sensors being installed relative to the agricultural equipment at spaced apart locations along the at least one direction. The method also includes identifying, with the computing system, respective locations of the plurality of sensors relative to the agricultural equipment based at least in part on the data.

    Control of a header of a harvester during a non-harvesting mode

    公开(公告)号:US11533847B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-27

    申请号:US16724918

    申请日:2019-12-23

    IPC分类号: A01D41/14 A01D75/18 A01D75/28

    摘要: An agricultural system includes a header and a controller. The controller is configured to receive an indication to operate the agricultural system in a non-harvesting mode, output a first signal to set the header in a set profile upon initialization of the non-harvesting mode, receive sensor feedback indicative of an obstacle position of an obstacle relative to the header while the agricultural system operates in the non-harvesting mode, and output a second signal to adjust the header to deviate from the set profile based on the sensor feedback while the agricultural system operates in the non-harvesting mode.

    GROUND PRESSURE FEEDBACK SENSOR SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING HEADER FLOAT

    公开(公告)号:US20220053693A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-24

    申请号:US17409314

    申请日:2021-08-23

    IPC分类号: A01D41/14 A01D41/127

    摘要: A method for dynamically operating a header float system of an agricultural vehicle having a header movably mounted to a frame of the agricultural vehicle by an actuator. The method includes: determining a target ground reaction force between the header and a ground surface located below the header, determining an actual ground reaction force between the header and the ground surface, comparing the actual ground reaction force to the target ground reaction force, and upon determining that the actual ground reaction force differs from the target ground reaction force by a predetermined amount, operating the actuator to reduce a difference in value between the actual ground reaction force and the target ground reaction force. An agricultural vehicle having a header operated as described above is also provided.

    AGRICULTURAL HEADER WITH A PIVOT SENSOR LINKAGE

    公开(公告)号:US20240341222A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-17

    申请号:US18682299

    申请日:2022-08-09

    IPC分类号: A01D34/28 A01D41/14

    CPC分类号: A01D34/283 A01D41/141

    摘要: A header for an agricultural vehicle includes: a header frame; a flexible cutter supported by the header frame and including a plurality of cutting edges; a support arm coupled to the flexible cutter and pivotable with respect to the header frame; and a sensor assembly including a pivot sensor directly coupled to the support arm and a linkage including a linkage arm coupled to the pivot sensor and the support arm such that pivoting of the support arm also causes pivoting of the linkage arm, the pivot sensor being configured to output a total pivot angle signal corresponding to a pivot angle of the support arm plus an additional pivot angle of the linkage arm when the support arm and the linkage arm pivot.