Systems and methods for controlling windrow size
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsKellen B. Hill, Mitchell R. Usasz, Eric M. Thies
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Abstract
Systems and methods for controlling formation of a windrow in response to a single control input. The single control input represents a desired windrow width. The single control input is used to determine positions of components of a cutter implement, such as side shields and a swath flap, that are used to form a windrow having the desired windrow width represented or that is otherwise associated with the single control input.
Claims23
A system for controlling a width of a windrow using a single user input, the system comprising:
- a cutter implement comprising:
- side shields lateral offset from each other, the side shields moveable within a first range;
- a swath flap extending laterally between the side shields, the swath flap movable within a second range, the side shields movable to a first position within the first range and the swath flap movable to a second position within the second range in response to a single control input;
- wherein the single control input defines a selected windrow width,
- wherein a plurality of position combinations of the swath flap and the side shield along the first range and the second range, respectively, define the selected windrow width, and
- wherein the plurality of position combinations are selectable in a pre-determined sequence that is based on a grid location of the plurality of position combinations in a lookup table.
A computer-implemented method for controlling a width of a windrow using a single user input, the method comprising:
- receiving a single control input by an input device, the single control input representing a desired width of a windrow produced by a cutter implement;
- determining, with an electronic processor, a first target position of side shields of the cutter implement in response to the received single control input;
- determining, with the electronic processor, a second target position of a swath flap of the cutter implement in response to the received single input;
- displacing the side shields to the first target position;
- and
- displacing the swath flap to the second target position;
- wherein a plurality of combinations of positions of the swath flap and the side shields define the desired width of the windrow, and wherein the plurality of position combinations are selectable in a pre-determined sequence that is based on a grid location of the plurality of position combinations in a lookup table.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.