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US 10,687,473 B2Granted
Grass management system and grass management method
AssigneeKubota Corporation
InventorsRyo Kurata, Susumu Umemoto, Yoshitomo Fujimoto, Shinnosuke Ishikawa
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Abstract
A grass management system includes a prohibition determination circuit and a baler. The prohibition determination circuit is configured to determine a prohibition position. The baler is configured to acquire the prohibition position from the prohibition determination circuit, and eject a bale of grass at a position except for the prohibition position.
Claims14
A grass management system comprising:
- a baler configured to discharge a bale of grass onto a farm field at a discharge position;
- a position detector configured to detect a current position of the baler;
- and
- circuitry configured to
- estimate an estimated discharge position at which the bale becomes to have a predetermined size,
- determine a prohibited area,
- determine whether the estimated discharge position is in the prohibited area, and
- set the estimated discharge position as the discharge position if the estimated discharge position is not in the prohibited area, and a position between the current position and the estimated discharge position as the discharge position if the estimated discharge position is in the prohibited area.
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A grass management system comprising:
- a baler configured to discharge a bale of grass onto a farm field at a discharge position;
- position detection means for detecting a current position of the baler;
- discharge position estimation means for estimating an estimated discharge position at which the bale becomes to have a predetermined size;
- prohibited area determination means for determining a prohibited area;
- and
- discharge position setting means for setting the estimated discharge position as the discharge position if the estimated discharge position is not in the prohibited area, and a position between the current position and the estimated discharge position as the discharge position if the estimated discharge position is in the prohibited area.
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A grass management method comprising:
- discharging a bale of grass onto a farm field at a discharge position, by a baler;
- detecting a current position of the baler;
- estimating an estimated discharge position at which the bale becomes to have a predetermined size;
- determining a prohibited area;
- determining whether the estimated discharge position is in the prohibited area;
- and
- bale setting the estimated discharge position as the discharge position if the estimated discharge position is not in the prohibited area, and a position between the current position and the estimated discharge position as the discharge position if the estimated discharge position is in the prohibited area.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.