System and method for operating a work machine
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorFrancois Stander
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Abstract
A method and system of using real-time control for a work machine to determine strategies for operating the work machine is disclosed. The method may comprise accessing a real-time cutting time; accessing a first productivity rate, accessing a payload data; analyzing the cutting time; determining an operating strategy based at least on changes in the cutting time and the payload data; and either executing the operating strategy or notifying an operator to execute the operating strategy.
Claims18
A method of using real-time control for a work machine to determine strategies for operating the work machine, the method comprising:
- accessing a real-time cutting time wherein the real-time cutting time is based on a real-time monitoring of engagement of a cutting edge of a blade coupled to the work machine, with a ground surface;
- accessing a first productivity rate;
- accessing a payload data, wherein the payload data is based on a real-time input of payload into a receptacle of the work machine;
- analyzing the real-time cutting time, the first productivity rate, and the payload data;
- determining an operating strategy based at least on changes in the real-time cutting time and the payload data wherein the operating strategy includes determining a time to abort a cutting operation during a work cycle;
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- at least one of executing the operating strategy and notifying an operator to execute the operating strategy.
A system using real-time control for a work machine, the system comprising:
- a blade coupled to the work machine, the blade including a cutting edge for cutting a ground surface;
- a blade actuator coupled to the work machine for adjusting engagement of the blade with the ground surface;
- a payload sensor coupled to a receptacle of the work machine, the payload sensor generating a payload data based on a payload in the receptacle;
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- a controller adapted to:
- access a real-time cutting time wherein the real-time cutting time is based on a real-time monitoring of engagement of the cutting edge with the ground surface;
- access a first productivity rate;
- access the payload data, wherein the payload data is based on a real-time input from the payload sensor;
- analyze the real-time cutting time, the first productivity rate, and the payload data;
- determine an operating strategy based at least on changes in the real-time cutting time and the payload data wherein the operating strategy comprises determining a time to abort a cutting operation during a work cycle;
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- at least one of execute the operating strategy and notify an operator to execute the operating strategy.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.