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US 2015/0308070 A1Published application
Semi-automatic material loading
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorSteven D. Deines
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Abstract
A position of a loading device on a conveying vehicle, relative to a receiving area, is calculated. The loading device is automatically positioned based on the relative position. The relative position of the loading device relative to the receiving area is output. An operator input is received and material is automatically unloaded from the loading device to the receiving area.
Claims35
A method, comprising:
- automatically positioning a loading device, operably coupled to a conveying vehicle, based on the relative position of the loading device relative to a receiving area;
- generating an operator interface output indicative of the relative position of the loading device relative to the receiving area;
- receiving an operator unloading input;
- and
- automatically unloading material from the loading device at the receiving area in response to receiving the operator unloading input.
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A method, comprising:
- calculating a positioning rate of a loading device operably coupled to a conveying vehicle, the positioning rate being indicative of a rate at which the loading device is positioned relative to a frame of the conveying vehicle;
- and
- automatically controlling a travel speed of the conveying vehicle, based on a relative position of the loading device relative to a position of a sensed item and the positioning rate of the loading device.
A material conveying vehicle, comprising:
- a frame;
- a loading device that is movably coupled to the frame;
- a positioning actuator that positions the loading device relative to the frame;
- a dumping actuator that controls the loading device to unload material;
- a display device;
- and
- a control system that calculates a relative position of the loading device relative to a load receiving area, automatically controls the positioning actuator to position the loading device on the conveying vehicle based on the relative position, generates an operator interface output indicative of the relative position of the loading device relative to the receiving area, receives an operator unloading input, and automatically controls the dumping actuator to unload material from the loading device at the receiving area in response to receiving the operator unloading input.
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A method, comprising:
- automatically positioning a receiving vehicle based on a relative position of a material conveying machine relative to the receiving vehicle;
- generating an operator interface output indicative of the relative position of the material conveying machine and the receiving vehicle;
- receiving an operator loading input;
- and
- automatically loading material from the material conveying machine to the receiving vehicle in response to the operator loading input.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.