Combination of a traction vehicle and an implement
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsKilian Wolff, Daniel Rossnagel
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Abstract
A system for picking up, bundling and depositing agricultural material having a traction vehicle and a towed implement, the system comprising: an actuator associated with the implement; a control device configured to generate control data for controlling the orientation of the implement and steering of the traction vehicle, the control data including information relating to the orientation of the implement adjustable by the actuator, a desired orientation of the deposited agricultural material and at least one of a speed and a direction of travel of the traction vehicle; and wherein, using the control data, the actuator adjusts the orientation about a vertical axis of the implement relative to the traction vehicle to deposit the agricultural material.
Claims17
A system for picking up, bundling and depositing agricultural material having a traction vehicle and a towed implement, the system comprising:
- an actuator associated with the implement;
- and
- a control device configured to generate control data:
- for the actuator, resulting in the implement being laterally offset relative to the traction vehicle to move the implement into the appropriate orientation;
- and
- for controlling the orientation of the implement and steering of the traction vehicle, the control data including information relating to the orientation of the implement adjustable by the actuator, a desired orientation of the deposited agricultural material and at least one of a speed and a direction of travel of the traction vehicle;
- wherein, using the control data, the actuator adjusts the orientation about a vertical axis of the implement relative to the traction vehicle to deposit the agricultural material, and
- wherein the implement is laterally offset to the right when the implement has to be rotated counterclockwise relative to the direction of travel adopted when picking up the material and offset to the left when the implement has to be rotated clockwise relative to the direction of travel adopted when picking up the material.
A method for picking up, bundling and depositing agricultural material having a traction vehicle and a towed implement, the method comprising:
- picking up an agricultural material from a field;
- bundling the agricultural material within the implement;
- generating control data, with a control device, corresponding to orientation of the implement, desired orientation of the deposited agricultural material and at least one of a speed and a direction of travel of the traction vehicle;
- and
- adjusting, with an actuator, the orientation of implement according to the control data, resulting in the implement being laterally offset relative to the traction vehicle to move the implement into the appropriate orientation such that bundled material will be deposited in a desired orientation different from a standard orientation,
- wherein the implement is laterally offset to the right when the implement has to be rotated counterclockwise relative to the direction of travel adopted when picking up the material and offset to the left when the implement has to be rotated clockwise relative to the direction of travel adopted when picking up the material.
A system for picking up, bundling and depositing agricultural material having a traction vehicle and a towed implement, the system comprising:
- an actuator associated with the implement;
- and
- a control device configured to generate control data for controlling the orientation of the implement and steering of the traction vehicle, the control data including information relating to the orientation of the implement adjustable by the actuator, a desired orientation of the deposited agricultural material and at least one of a speed and a direction of travel of the traction vehicle,
- wherein, using the control data, the actuator adjusts the orientation about a vertical axis of the implement relative to the traction vehicle to deposit the agricultural material, and
- wherein after the end of a procedure in which the material is picked up and bundled, the control device is configured to provide control data for controlling the speed of the traction vehicle, which result in the traction vehicle being brought to a standstill.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.