Volume determination system, a vehicle having a volume determination system, and methods of operating such a vehicle
AssigneeAGCO Corporation
InventorEvan Thomas Smith
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a chassis, a holding tank mounted to the chassis and configured to hold a product, a plurality of ground-engaging elements, a plurality of suspension assemblies interposed between the plurality of ground-engaging elements and the chassis, and a volume determination system of a central controller. The volume determination system is configured to receive pressure measurements from the plurality of suspension assemblies, based at least partially on the received pressure measurements, determine a volume of a product within the holding tank of the vehicle, and cause the determined volume of the product to be output to an operator of the vehicle.
Claims12
A vehicle, comprising:
- a chassis;
- a holding tank mounted to the chassis and configured to hold a product;
- a plurality of ground-engaging elements;
- a plurality of suspension assemblies interposed between the plurality of ground-engaging elements and the chassis;
- and
- a volume determination system of a central controller, the volume determination system 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 volume determination system to:
- receive pressure measurements from the plurality of suspension assemblies;
- based at least partially on the received pressure measurements, determine a volume of a product within the holding tank of the vehicle;
- and
- cause the determined volume of the product to be displayed on a screen of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.