US 11,452,259 B2Granted

System and method for controlling harvester implement position of an agricultural harvester

AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC

InventorsCory Douglas Hunt, Jethro Martin

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Abstract

A system for controlling harvesting implement position of an agricultural harvester includes a harvesting implement configured to be coupled to the harvester to permit adjustment of a current position of the implement relative to a field surface. Additionally, the system includes a sensor configured to capture data indicative of the current position of the implement relative to the field surface, a display device, and a controller communicatively coupled to the sensor and the display device. As such, the controller is configured to monitor the current position of the implement based on the data captured by the sensor. Furthermore, the controller is further configured to initiate display of a graphical user interface on the display device, with the graphical user interface displaying a first interface element associated with the current position of the implement relative to a second interface element associated with a reference position of the implement.

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Dependent claims

A system for controlling harvesting implement position of an agricultural harvester, the system comprising:

a harvesting implement configured to be coupled to the agricultural harvester to permit adjustment of a current position of the harvesting implement relative to a field surface, the harvesting implement including a first implement section and a second implement section;
a sensor configured to capture data indicative of the current position of the harvesting implement relative to the field surface;
a display device;
and
a controller communicatively coupled to the sensor and the display device, the controller configured to:
monitor the current position of the harvesting implement based on the data captured by the sensor;
and
initiate display of a graphical user interface on the display device, the graphical user interface displaying a first interface element including a first line associated with a current position of the first implement section and a second line associated with a current position of the second implement section, the graphical user interface further displaying a second interface element including a first line associated with a reference position of the first implement section and a second line associated with a reference position of the second implement section such the first line of the first interface element is superimposed over the first line of the second interface element and the second line of the first interface element is superimposed over the second line of the second interface element.

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A method for controlling harvesting implement position of an agricultural harvester, the agricultural harvester including a harvesting implement configured to be coupled to the agricultural harvester to permit adjustment of a current position of the harvesting implement relative to a field surface, the method comprising:

receiving, with one or more computing devices, sensor data indicative of the current position of the harvesting implement;
initiating, with the one or more computing devices, a display of a graphical user interface on a display device based on the received sensor data, the graphical user interface displaying a first interface element including a first line associated with a current position of the first implement section and a second line associated with a current position of the second implement section, the graphical user interface further displaying a second interface element including a first line associated with a reference position of the first implement section and a second line associated with a reference position of the second implement section such the first line of the first interface element is superimposed over the first line of the second interface element and the second line of the first interface element is superimposed over the second line of the second interface element;
controlling, with the one or more computing devices, an operation of a component of the agricultural harvester to adjust the current position of the harvesting implement;
and
initiating, with the one or more computing devices, an adjustment of the positioning of the first interface element relative to the second interface element within the graphical user interface to reflect the adjusted current position of the harvesting implement.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.