Combine harvester control interface for operator and/or remote user

A computer implemented method of controlling a mobile harvesting machine, the method comprising:

• detecting conditions of a worksite at which a harvesting operation is being performed by the mobile harvesting machine;
• detecting a set of operating characteristics of the mobile harvesting machine;
• identifying a first performance pillar metric value for a first performance pillar metric and a second performance pillar metric value for the second performance pillar metric based on the set of operating characteristics;
• identifying a first performance limitation value corresponding to the first performance pillar metric and a second performance limitation value corresponding to the second performance pillar metric based on the conditions of the worksite, wherein the first performance limitation value and the second performance limitation value are indicative of a maximum achievable pillar metric value for the performance pillar metric to which the first performance limitation value and the second performance limitation value correspond, given the conditions of the worksite;
• generating a user interface display with a first performance pillar metric display portion displaying the first performance pillar metric value and the first performance limitation value and a second performance pillar metric display portion displaying the second performance pillar metric value and the second performance limitation value;
• determining whether a settings change is to be performed based on the first and second performance pillar metric values, and the first and second performance limitation values;
• and
• if the settings change is to be performed, controlling a settings change actuator to execute the settings change.

A mobile harvesting machine, comprising:

• one or more hardware sensors detecting current crop conditions, ground conditions, and environmental conditions at a worksite at which a harvesting operation is being performed by the mobile harvesting machine;
• priority logic detecting a priority of a first performance pillar metric relative to a second performance pillar metric;
• an additional hardware sensor detecting an operating characteristic of the mobile harvesting machine;
• performance metric generator logic identifying a first performance pillar metric value for the first performance pillar metric based on the operating characteristic;
• limitation logic identifying a maximum achievable first performance pillar metric value as a first performance limitation value based on previous values of the first performance pillar metric from previous harvesting operations performed in conditions similar to the current crop conditions, ground conditions, and environmental conditions at the worksite;
• aggressiveness logic detecting an aggressiveness setting indicative of an operating settings change threshold;
• and
• control automation logic determining whether a settings change is to be performed based on the first performance pillar metric value, the priority of the first performance pillar metric, the first performance limitation value and the operating settings change threshold, and if the settings change is to be performed, controlling a controllable subsystem to execute the settings change.