Tillage implements, systems, and methods for working a field
AssigneeAGCO Corporation
InventorsKeith Robert Corpstein, Jarret Lee Brinker
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Abstract
A tillage implement includes a frame, a first sensor coupled to the frame and configured to measure an orientation of the frame, a shank engaged with the frame and carrying a tilling tool, and a second sensor coupled to the shank or the tilling tool and configured to measure an orientation of the tilling tool. A system for working a field includes a tillage implement and a tractor drawing the tillage implement. The tractor may include a computer configured to receive information from the first sensor and the second sensor and control an operating parameter of the tillage implement. Related methods and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
Claims17
A system for working a field, comprising:
- a tillage implement comprising:
- a frame;
- a first sensor coupled to the frame and configured to measure an orientation of the frame;
- a shank engaged with the frame and carrying a tilling tool;
- a tractor drawing the tillage implement, the tractor comprising a computer configured to receive information from the first sensor and the second sensor to calculate a frequency of a cultivator sweep, the computer comprising an implement controller configured to control an operating parameter of the tillage implement based on the frequency of the cultivator sweep.
A method of working a field, the method comprising:
- dragging a shank of a tillage implement through soil, the shank carrying a tilling tool and coupled to a frame;
- generating a first signal with a first sensor, the first signal corresponding to an orientation of the frame;
- generating a second signal with a second sensor disposed within a body of the tilling tool, the second signal corresponding to an orientation of the tilling tool;
- determining a location of the tilling tool relative to the frame based on the first signal and the second signal;
- and
- calculating a frequency of a cultivator sweep using the first and second signals;
- and
- modifying an operating parameter of the tillage implement based on the frequency of the cultivator sweep.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.