Adjustable crop residue spreader for agricultural harvester
AssigneeAGCO do Brasil Soluções Agrícolas Ltda.
InventorMarcelo Carpenedo
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Abstract
A control system for controlling operation of one or more operational components of a crop residue spreader arrangement of an agricultural harvester is disclosed. The control system comprises one or more controllers, and is configured to: receive data indicative of a detected distribution of crop residue located on the ground behind the crop residue spreader arrangement; determine, in dependence on the detected distribution, a spreading strategy for operation of one or more operational components of the crop residue spreader arrangement, and generate and output one or more control signals for controlling the one or more operational components of the crop residue spreader arrangement in dependence on the determined spreading strategy.
Claims14
A control system for controlling operation of a plurality of operational components of a crop residue spreader arrangement of an agricultural harvester, the control system comprising one or more controllers, and being configured to:
- receive data indicative of a detected distribution of crop residue located on the ground behind the crop residue spreader arrangement;
- determine, in dependence on the detected distribution, a spreading strategy for operation of the plurality of operational components of the crop residue spreader arrangement, and
- control the plurality of operational components of the crop residue spreader arrangement in dependence on the determined spreading strategy,
- wherein the plurality of operational components comprises a plurality of actuators, each actuator for displacing one of a first plurality of vertically displaceable elements of a first residue deflector associated with a first residue spreader wheel and one of a second plurality of vertically displaceable elements of a second residue deflector associated with a second residue spreader wheel, and
- wherein the control system is configured to generate and output one or more control signals for individually controlling operation of each of the plurality of actuators in accordance with the determined spreading strategy.
A method of controlling operation of a plurality of operational components of an agricultural harvester, comprising:
- receiving data indicative of a spreading characteristic of crop residue deposited by the agricultural harvester;
- determining, in dependence on the spreading characteristic, a spreading strategy for depositing the crop residue, the spreading strategy including an indication of the spreading strategy;
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- controlling the plurality of operational components associated with the agricultural harvester in dependence on the determined spreading strategy,
- wherein the plurality of operational components comprises a plurality of actuators, each actuator for displacing one of a first plurality of vertically displaceable elements of a first residue deflector associated with a first residue spreader wheel and one of a second plurality of vertically displaceable elements of a second residue deflector associated with a second residue spreader wheel, and
- wherein the method includes generating and outputting one or more control signals for individually controlling operation of each of the plurality of actuators in accordance with the determined spreading strategy.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.