Residue spread monitoring
AssigneeAGCO International GmbH
InventorsMartin Peter Christiansen, Ramon Buchaca Tarragona, Morten Stigaard Laursen, Kenneth Düring Jensen, Thomas Smed Bojsen
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for monitoring and controlling the distribution of residue material from a spreader tool of an agricultural machine. A sensor is mounted to the machine and has a sensing region rearwards of the agricultural machine. Using data from the sensor a distribution of residue material associated with the spreader tool is determined. Based on this distribution, a user interface associated with the agricultural machine is used to provide an indicator indicative of the determined distribution.
Claims17
A system for controlling the distribution of residue material from a spreader tool of an agricultural machine, the system comprising:
- a sensor having a sensing region rearwards of the agricultural machine;
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- one or more controllers, configured to:
- receive data from the sensor indicative of a measure of residue material within the sensing region;
- employ a data buffer storing data from a plurality of sequential scans of the sensor over a predetermined time period;
- determine, from the data buffer of sensor data received from the sensor, a distribution of residue material associated with the spreader tool for the predetermined time period associated with the buffer;
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- output one or more control signals for a user interface associated with the agricultural machine for providing an indicator indicative of the determined distribution.
A method of controlling the distribution of residue material from a spreader tool of an agricultural machine, the method comprising:
- receiving sensor data from a sensor having a sensing region rearwards of the agricultural machine, the sensor data being indicative of a measure of residue material within the sensing region;
- employing a buffer storing data from a plurality of sequential scans of the sensor over a predetermined time period;
- determining, from the data received from the sensor, a distribution of residue material associated with the spreader tool for the predetermined time period;
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- controlling a user interface associated with the agricultural machine for providing an indicator indicative of the determined distribution.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.