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US 10,481,628 B2Granted
Surfacing of subsystem power consumption on an agricultural machine
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorWilliam D. French, Jr.
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Abstract
Power consumption is sensed for individual subsystems of an agricultural machine. Visual indicia are generated, that are indicative of the sensed power consumption, for each individual subsystem. A user interface mechanism is controlled to display the visual indicia, indicating power consumption of the individual subsystems on the harvesting machine.
Claims21
A combine, comprising:
- a threshing system;
- a separating system;
- a plurality of power detectors, a first power detector detecting a variable indicative of power consumed by the threshing subsystem, and a second power detector detecting a variable indicative of power consumed by the separating subsystem, each of the first and second power detectors generating a corresponding power consumption signal indicative of the detected variable;
- a power consumption surfacing system that receives the power consumption signals from the first and second power detectors and generates a visualization indicative of the power consumed by each of the threshing and separating subsystems to an operator of the combine while the combine is in use;
- wherein the variable indicative of power consumed by the threshing system corresponds to a component of the threshing system and the variable indicative of power consumed by the separating system corresponds to a component of the separating system.
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A method of controlling a combine, the method comprising:
- detecting a variable indicative of power consumed on a threshing subsystem, of the combine;
- detecting a variable indicative of power consumed on a propulsion system of the combine;
- generating a corresponding power consumption signal indicative of the detected variable;
- and
- surfacing a visualization indicative of the power consumed by each of the threshing and propulsion subsystems, based on the corresponding power consumption signals to an operator of the combine while the combine is in use.
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A combine, comprising:
- a threshing subsystem;
- a front end equipment subsystem;
- a first power detector configured to detect power consumed on the threshing subsystem, and a second power detector configured to detect power consumed on the front end equipment subsystem, each of the first and second power detectors generating a corresponding power consumption signal indicative of the power consumed;
- a consumption analysis component that identifies power consumption of each of the threshing and front end equipment subsystems based on the power consumption signals;
- a power consumption surfacing system that receives the identified power consumption and generates a visualization indicative of the power consumed by each of the threshing and front end equipment subsystems to an operator of the combine while the combine is in use;
- wherein the visualization comprises indicia of the power consumed by the threshing subsystem relative to the power consumed by the front end equipment subsystem.
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An agricultural machine comprising:
- a controllable subsystem;
- a first subsystem component;
- a second subsystem component;
- a first power detector configured to detect a first variable of the first subsystem component and generate a first power consumption signal indicative of power consumed by the first subsystem component based on the first variable;
- a second power detector configured to detect a second variable of the second subsystem component and generate a second power consumption signal indicative of power consumed by the second subsystem based on the second variable;
- a conditioning component configured to receive the first and second power consumption signals and generate a conditioned power consumption signal;
- a power consumption surfacing system configured to receive the conditioned power consumption signal and aggregate the signal to determine a power consumption metric for the controllable subsystem;
- and
- a visualization generator component configured to generate a visualization indicative of the power consumed by the controllable subsystem based on the power consumption metric.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.