Location-based material gathering
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsDaniel E. Derscheid, Jacob D. Kappelman
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method and control system for gathering material is described. One or more vehicles may include an intake mechanism for material and a location-tracking system. A current orientation of the intake mechanism is identified based upon location information from the tracking system. A current orientation of the material is determined based upon historical location information for the material. A target orientation of the intake mechanisms is determined based upon the current orientation of the material. Movement of the intake mechanism is thus directed toward the determined target orientation.
Claims16
A computer-implemented method for gathering material with one or more vehicles, the one or more vehicles having an intake mechanism for the material and a location-tracking system capable of determining location information for the one or more vehicles, the method comprising:
- determining, by one or more computing devices, a current orientation of the intake mechanism based upon, at least in part, location information determined by the location-tracking system;
- determining, by the one or more computing devices, a current orientation of the material based upon, at least in part, historical location information for the material;
- determining, by the one or more computing devices, a target orientation of the intake mechanism based upon, at least in part, the determined current orientation of the material;
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- directing, by the one or more computing devices, a movement of the intake mechanism from the determined current orientation of the intake mechanism toward the determined target orientation.
A system for gathering material, the system comprising:
- one or more vehicles having an intake mechanism for the material;
- a location-tracking system movable with the one or more vehicles and capable of determining location information for the one or more vehicles and the intake mechanism;
- one or more processor devices;
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- one or more memory architectures coupled with the one or more processor devices;
- wherein the one or more processor devices are configured to:
- determine a current orientation of the intake mechanism based upon, at least in part, location information determined by the location-tracking system;
- determine a current orientation of the material, based upon, at least in part, historical location information for the material;
- determine a target orientation of the intake mechanism based upon, at least in part, the determined current orientation of the material;
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- directing, by the one or more computing devices, a movement of the intake mechanism from the determined current orientation of the intake mechanism toward the determined target orientation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.