System and method for controlling an arm of a work vehicle
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorBrady Dorr Lewis
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Abstract
An arm control system for a work vehicle includes a controller having a memory and a processor. The controller is configured to receive a signal indicative of a type of implement coupled to an arm of the work vehicle. The controller is also configured to enable movement of the arm between a lowered position and a raised position while the type of implement is an unrestricted-height implement. In addition, the controller is configured to enable movement of the arm between the lowered position and an intermediate position and to block upward movement of the arm beyond the intermediate position while the type of implement is a restricted-height implement.
Claims20
An arm control system for a work vehicle, comprising:
- a controller comprising a memory and a processor, wherein the controller is configured to:
- receive a signal indicative of a type of implement coupled to an arm of the work vehicle;
- enable movement of the arm between a lowered position and a raised position while the type of implement is an unrestricted-height implement;
- and
- enable movement of the arm between the lowered position and an intermediate position and block upward movement of the arm beyond the intermediate position while the type of implement is a restricted-height implement;
- wherein the arm is configured to position the unrestricted-height implement at a first height while the arm is in the raised position, the arm is configured to position the restricted-height implement at a second height while the arm is in the intermediate position, and the second height is below the first height.
A method for controlling an arm of a work vehicle, comprising:
- receiving, via a controller, a signal indicative of a type of implement coupled to the arm of the work vehicle;
- enabling, via the controller, movement of the arm between a lowered position and a raised position while the type of implement is an unrestricted-height implement;
- and
- enabling, via the controller, movement of the arm between the lowered position and an intermediate position while the type of implement is a restricted-height implement, and blocking, via the controller, upward movement of the arm beyond the intermediate position while the type of implement is the restricted-height implement;
- wherein the arm is configured to position the unrestricted-height implement at a first height while the arm is in the raised position, the arm is configured to position the restricted-height implement at a second height while the arm is in the intermediate position, and the second height is below the first height.
An apparatus comprising:
- at least one non-transitory, tangible, machine-readable medium having instructions encoded thereon for execution by a processor, the instructions comprising:
- instructions to receive a signal indicative of a type of implement coupled to an arm of a work vehicle;
- instructions to enable movement of the arm between a lowered position and a raised position while the type of implement is an unrestricted-height implement;
- and
- instructions to enable movement of the arm between the lowered position and an intermediate position and to block upward movement of the arm beyond the intermediate position while the type of implement is a restricted-height implement;
- wherein the arm is configured to position the unrestricted-height implement at a first height while the arm is in the raised position, the arm is configured to position the restricted-height implement at a second height while the arm is in the intermediate position, and the second height is below the first height.
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