Grain cart-specific control system for automated grain cart unloading
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsRiley J. Wegmann, William J. Vande Haar, Eduardo Arvizu Rivera, Daniel M. Solano, Jose M. Salazar Munoz, Edson E. Castañeda Mancillas, Héctor E. Sanjuan Garcia
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Abstract
A grain cart-specific control system is configured to control a grain cart. A master control system interacts with the grain cart-specific control system in order to issue master control commands. The grain cart-specific control system receives the master control commands and executes grain cart-specific commands to carry out the master control commands.
Claims20
A computer implemented method of controlling a grain cart pulled by a propulsion vehicle, comprising:
- generating a master command with a master control system on the propulsion vehicle, the master command identifying a grain cart operation to be performed;
- receiving the master command at a grain cart-specific control system on the propulsion vehicle;
- generating, by the grain cart-specific control system on the propulsion vehicle, a set of grain cart-specific commands based on the master command;
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- controlling, with the grain cart-specific control system on the propulsion vehicle, an actuator on the grain cart to execute the set of grain cart-specific commands.
A control system on a propulsion vehicle for controlling a grain cart propelled by the propulsion vehicle, the control system comprising:
- a master control system, on the propulsion vehicle, configured to generate a grain cart independent master command identifying a grain cart operation to be performed;
- a grain cart-specific control system, on the propulsion vehicle, configured to:
- receive the master command;
- generate a set of grain cart-specific commands based on the master command;
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- control an actuator on the grain cart to execute the set of grain cart-specific commands;
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- a grain cart control configuration system configured to access grain cart-specific configuration values and configure the grain cart-specific control system, based on the grain cart-specific configuration values, to generate the grain cart-specific commands.
A propulsion vehicle that propels a grain cart, comprising:
- an engine;
- a propulsion subsystem;
- a steering subsystem;
- a master control system configured to generate a master command, the master command identifying a grain cart operation to be performed;
- a grain cart-specific control system configured to receive the master command and generate a set of grain cart-specific commands based the master command;
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- a controller configured to generate a control signal to control an actuator on the grain cart to execute the set of grain cart-specific commands.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.