Location based chop to swath conversion for riparian buffer zone management
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorsNathan E. Isaac, Mark David Dilts
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Abstract
A combine comprising a chassis, a crop residue handling system including a residue chopper, residue spreader, a spreader chute and a swath selection door, a receiver configured to determine a location of the combine, and a controller that controls the residue handling system. The controller configured to determine the location of the combine on a map, execute a crop residue spreading mode in response to the controller determining that the location of the combine is located in a designated crop residue spreading zone indicated on the map, and execute a crop residue windrow mode in response to the controller determining that the location of the combine is located in a designated crop residue windrow zone indicated on the map.
Claims18
A combine comprising:
- a chassis;
- a crop residue handling system including a residue chopper, residue spreader, a spreader chute and a swath selection door;
- a receiver configured to determine a location of the combine;
- and
- a controller that controls the residue handling system, the controller configured to:
- determine the location of the combine on a map,
- execute a crop residue spreading mode by closing said swath selection door to spread the crop residue or by positioning the spreader chute to spread the crop residue, in response to the controller determining that the location of the combine is located in a designated crop residue spreading zone indicated on the map, and
- execute a crop residue windrow mode opening said swath selection door to pile the crop residue in windrows or by positioning the spreader chute to pile the crop residue in windrows, in response to the controller determining that the location of the combine is located in a designated crop residue windrow zone indicated on the map
- wherein the crop residue spreading zone and the crop residue windrow zone are designated either automatically by the controller or by an operator based on at least one of land grade, water features, or roadways on the map.
A combine comprising:
- a chassis;
- a crop residue handling system including a residue chopper, residue spreader, a spreader chute and a swath selection door;
- a receiver configured to determine a location of the combine;
- and
- a controller that controls the residue handling system, the controller configured to:
- determine the location of the combine on a map,
- execute a crop residue spreading mode by closing said swath selection door to spread the crop residue or by positioning the spreader chute to spread the crop residue, in response to the controller determining that the location is in a designated crop residue spreading zone indicated on the map,
- execute a crop residue windrow mode opening said swath selection door to pile the crop residue in windrows or by positioning the spreader chute to pile the crop residue in windrows, in response to the controller determining that the location is in a designated crop residue windrow zone indicated on the map, and
- display suggested areas on the map for setting as the residue spreading zone or the residue windrow zone, the suggestions based on at least one of land grade, water features, or roadways on the map.
A method for controlling a combine including a chassis, a crop residue handling system including a residue spreader, a spreader chute, and a swath selection door, a receiver configured to determine a location of the combine, and a controller configured to control the residue handling system, the method comprising:
- determining, by the controller, the location of the combine on a map;
- executing, by the controller, a crop residue spreading mode by closing said swath selection door to spread the crop residue or by positioning the spreader chute to spread the crop reside, in response to the controller determining that the location of the combine is located in a designated crop residue spreading zone indicated on the map;
- executing, by the controller, a crop residue windrow mode by opening said swath selection door to pile the crop residue in windrows or by positioning the spreader chute to pile the crop residue in windrows, in response to the controller determining that the location of the combine is located in a designated crop residue windrow zone indicated on the map;
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- designating, by the controller, the crop residue spreading zone and the crop residue windrow zone either automatically or by allowing an operator to designate the zones based on at least one of land grade, water features, or roadways on the map.
A method for controlling a combine including a chassis, a crop residue handling system including a residue spreader, a spreader chute, and a swath selection door, a receiver configured to determine a location of the combine, and a controller configured to control the residue handling system, the method comprising:
- determining, by the controller, the location of the combine on a map;
- executing, by the controller, a crop residue spreading mode by closing said swath selection door to spread the crop residue or by positioning the spreader chute to spread the crop reside in response to the controller determining that the location of the combine is located in a designated crop residue spreading zone indicated on the map;
- executing, by the controller, a crop residue windrow mode by opening said swath selection door to pile the crop residue in windrows or by positioning the spreader chute to pile the crop residue in windrows, in response to the controller determining that the location of the combine is located in a designated crop residue windrow zone indicated on the map;
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- displaying, by the controller, suggested areas on the map for setting as the residue spreading zone or the residue windrow zone, the suggestions based on at least one of land grade, water features, or roadways on the map.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.