Agricultural apparatus comprising speed sensors and controls
AssigneeAGCO International GmbH
InventorsJohannes Fillep, Ronnie Kinast
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Abstract
An agricultural apparatus including an agricultural vehicle and a number of work units suitable for cutting standing crop, including a front work unit and two lateral work units located behind and to the sides of the front work unit, each of the work units deposit cut crop as a swath. Each of the lateral work units include a conveyor to deposit cut crop. A plurality of sensors determine the speed of the agricultural apparatus and the speed of operation of each of the conveyors. A control unit receives inputs from the sensors, compares the inputs to a predetermined set of values for a desired vehicle speed and a speed of operation of the conveyors, and as indicated by the comparison, adjusts the speed of operation of at least one conveyor.
Claims5
An agricultural apparatus comprising:
- an agricultural vehicle;
- a plurality of work units suitable for cutting standing crop, the plurality of work units comprising:
- a front work unit;
- and
- two lateral work units located behind and to the sides of the front work unit, each of the lateral work units comprising a respective conveyor configured to deposit cut crop as a swath;
- and
- a control unit comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions thereon that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the control unit to:
- receive operation data representing a current speed of the agricultural apparatus, a current speed of each of the conveyors, and a current transverse displacement of each conveyor of the two lateral work units;
- based at least partially on the received operation data, adjust a transverse position of at least one conveyor relative to a respective lateral work unit of the two lateral work units;
- and
- based at least partially on the received operation data, adjust a speed of operation of at least one conveyors of the two lateral work units.
A method of operating an agricultural apparatus, the method comprising:
- receiving operation data representing a current speed of the agricultural apparatus, a current speed of each conveyor of two lateral work units, and a current transverse displacement of each conveyor of the two lateral work units
- based at least partially on the received operation data, adjusting a transverse position of at least one conveyor relative to a respective lateral work unit of the two lateral work units;
- and
- based at least partially on the received operation data, adjusting a speed of operation of the at least one conveyor of the two lateral work units.
A computer implemented method comprising:
- a control unit comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions thereon that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the control unit to:
- receive operation data representing a current speed of an agricultural apparatus, a current speed of each conveyor of two lateral work units, and a current transverse displacement of each conveyor of the two lateral work units;
- based at least partially on the received operation data, adjust a transverse position of at least one conveyor relative to a respective lateral work unit of the two lateral work units;
- and
- adjust a speed of operation of at least one conveyor of the two lateral work units.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.