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US 12,464,979 B2Granted
Residue spread control
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsNathan R. Vandike, Noel W. Anderson
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Abstract
A sensor senses wind direction and generates a sensor signal. A wind processor processes the sensor signal to identify a wind direction at a location of an agricultural harvester. An action signal is generated to control the agricultural harvester to avoid discharging residue from the agricultural harvester into unharvested crop, based upon the wind direction.
Claims20
A method of controlling a harvester, the method comprising:
- detecting wind direction;
- identifying harvest coverage data for a field indicative of an unharvested location in the field;
- and
- generating a control signal to control the harvester to direct residue to areas of the field that have been harvested based on the wind direction and the harvest coverage data indicative of the unharvested location in the field.
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An agricultural system, comprising:
- a wind processor configured to detect wind direction;
- a coverage processor configured to identify harvest coverage data for a field indicative of an unharvested location in the field;
- a controllable subsystem on a harvester;
- and
- a control signal generator configured to generate a control signal to control the controllable subsystem on the harvester to direct residue to areas of the field that have been harvested based on the wind direction and the harvest coverage data.
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An agricultural harvester, comprising:
- a wind sensor that generates a sensor signal;
- a wind processor configured to detect wind direction based on the sensor signal;
- a coverage processor configured to identify harvest coverage data for a field indicative of an unharvested location in the field;
- a controllable subsystem on a harvester;
- and
- a control signal generator configured to generate a control signal to control the controllable subsystem on the harvester to direct residue to areas of the field that have been harvested based on the wind direction and the harvest coverage data.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.