Automated header float optimization and field learning for a work vehicle

A work machine comprising:

• a chassis;
• a work implement movably coupled to the chassis, the work implement configured to perform a field-engaging function;
• an actuator coupled to the work implement and configured to adjust a position of the work implement relative to a ground surface;
• and
• a controller in communication with a communication module, the controller configured to:
• monitor a location of the work machine via the communication module,
• load a field map from a field map database, the field map identifying spatial information about a corresponding field and at least one impact event associated with the spatial information, the at least one impact event comprising a geotagged location and a characteristic of the work machine associated with the geotagged location,
• partition the spatial information into at least one pass traversable by the work machine in the field, and attribute the at least one impact event to the at least one pass, and
• determine whether the characteristic of the work machine for the at least one impact event is greater than or less than a predetermined value,
• in response to the characteristic of the work machine for the at least one impact event being greater than the predetermined value, create a first adjustment event to adjust the actuator in response to the location of the work machine moving within the at least one pass and approaching within a predetermined distance from the geotagged location, and
• in response to the characteristic of the work machine for the at least one impact event being less than the predetermined value, create a second adjustment event to adjust the actuator in response to the location of the work machine moving within the at least one pass and approaching within the predetermined distance from the geotagged location.

A work machine comprising:

• a chassis;
• a work implement movably coupled to the chassis, the work implement configured to perform a field-engaging function;
• an actuator coupled to the work implement and configured to adjust a position of the work implement relative to a ground surface;
• and
• a controller in communication with a communication module, the controller configured to:
• monitor a location of the work machine via the communication module,
• load a field map from a field map database, the field map identifying:
• spatial information about a corresponding field,
• a first impact event associated with the spatial information, the first impact event comprising a first geotagged location, and
• a second impact event associated with the spatial information, the second impact event comprising a second geotagged location,
• partition the spatial information into at least one pass traversable by the work machine in the field along a travel direction, and attribute the first geotagged location and the second geotagged location to the at least one pass sequentially along the travel direction,
• determine whether the second geotagged location is located within a predetermined minimum distance from the first geotagged location along the travel direction, and
• in response to the second geotagged location being located within a predetermined minimum distance from the first geotagged location along the travel direction, maintain a mapped setting of the actuator in response to the location of the work machine moving within the at least one pass and approaching within a predetermined distance from the second geotagged location along the travel direction.