Work cycle identification for scrapers and corresponding feature automation

A system comprising:

• a self-propelled work unit comprising a work vehicle and a loading container for receiving material worked by an implement further associated with the work vehicle, wherein the implement further comprises at least a first set of one or more controllable elements for loading material in the loading container during a first work state of the work cycle and a second set of one or more controllable elements for unloading material from the loading container during a second work state of the work cycle;
• a first set of sensors configured to generate data corresponding to operating parameters of the work vehicle;
• a second set of sensors configured to generate data corresponding to operating parameters of the implement;
• a data storage configured to store, for each of a plurality of work states associated with the work cycle, correlations between one or more operating parameters of the work vehicle and/or implement and performance of operations associated with the respective work state;
• and
• a controller configured to
• for at least one of the plurality of work states associated with the work cycle, dynamically and automatically determining a respective transition value for each of one or more operating parameters as corresponding to a start or completion of the respective work state;
• determine a transition to a current work state of the plurality of work states associated with the work cycle based on current input data from the first set of sensors and the second set of sensors, with respect to the stored correlations and/or the respective transition value for the current or previous work state, and
• generate control signals for automated actuation of the first set of one or more controllable elements or the second set of one or more controllable elements during the respective work states.