System and method for controlling threshing assembly operation of an agricultural harvester

A system that controls threshing assembly operation of an agricultural harvester, the system comprising:

• a threshing assembly that threshes crop material received from a feeder of the agricultural harvester, the threshing assembly including a concave and a rotor positioned relative to the concave such that a gap is defined between the concave and the rotor;
• an actuator that moves the concave relative to the rotor to adjust a size of the gap;
• a tailings assembly that receives incompletely threshed crop material that has passed through the concave;
• a first imaging device that captures image data depicting the incompletely threshed crop material present within the tailings assembly;
• an elevator that transports cleaned crop to a crop storage tank of the agricultural harvester;
• a second imaging device that captures image data depicting the cleaned crop being transported by the elevator;
• and
• a computing system communicatively coupled to the first imaging device and the second imaging device, the computing system:
• determining an amount of the incompletely threshed crop material present within the tailings assembly based on the captured image data;
• controlling an operation of the actuator for a first time based on the determined amount of the incompletely threshed crop material present within the tailings assembly;
• following the controlling, determining an amount of the cleaned crop being transported by the elevator that is damaged;
• and
• controlling the operation of the actuator for a second time based on the determined amount of the cleaned crop being transported by the elevator that is damaged.

A method for controlling threshing assembly operation of an agricultural harvester, the agricultural harvester including a threshing assembly that threshes crop material received from a feeder of the agricultural harvester, the threshing assembly including a concave and a rotor positioned relative to the concave such that a gap is defined between the concave and the rotor, the agricultural harvester further including an actuator that moves the concave relative to the rotor to adjust a size of the gap and a tailings assembly that receives incompletely threshed crop material that has passed through the concave, the agricultural harvester further including an elevator that transports cleaned crop to a crop storage tank of the agricultural harvester, the method comprising:

• receiving, with a computing system, tailings image data captured by a first imaging device depicting the incompletely threshed crop material present within the tailings assembly;
• determining, with the computing system, an amount of the incompletely threshed crop material present within the tailings assembly based on the received image data;
• controlling, with the computing system, an operation of the actuator for a first time based on the determined amount of the incompletely threshed crop material present within the tailings assembly;
• and
• following the controlling:
• receiving, with the computing system, elevator image data captured by a second imaging device depicting the cleaned crop being transported by the elevator;
• determining, with the computing system, an amount of the cleaned crop being transported by the elevator that is damaged based on the received elevator image data;
• and
• controlling, with the computing system, the operation of the actuator for a second time based on the determined amount of the cleaned crop being transported by the elevator that is damaged.