Systems and methods for performing bale collection operations
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorIvan Antich
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Abstract
A method for performing a bale collection operation may generally include accessing data associated with a plurality of baling paths traversed across a field during the performance of a baling operation, with each baling path being associated with at least one bale of a plurality of bales to be collected within the field. The method may also include determining a location of a staging area relative to the field for aggregating the bales and generating a plurality of guidance lines to be traversed when collecting the bales and delivering the bales to the staging area. In addition, the method may include guiding a work vehicle along the plurality of guidance lines to collect the bales within the field and deliver the bales to the staging area.
Claims20
A method for performing a bale collection operation, the method comprising:
- accessing, with a computing device, data associated with a plurality of baling paths traversed across a field during the performance of a baling operation, each baling path being associated with at least one bale of a plurality of bales to be collected within the field;
- determining, with the computing device, a location of a staging area relative to the field for aggregating the plurality of bales;
- generating, with the computing device, a plurality of guidance lines to be traversed when collecting the plurality of bales and delivering the plurality of bales to the staging area, the plurality of guidance lines including at least one bale collection guidance line defined relative to at least one of the baling paths and at least one staging guidance line extending between the at least one bale collection guidance line and the staging area;
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- guiding, with the computing device, a work vehicle along the plurality of guidance lines to collect the plurality of bales within the field and deliver the plurality of bales to the staging area.
A system for performing a bale collection operation, the system comprising:
- a work vehicle configured to collect a plurality of bales located within a field;
- a controller provided in operative association with the work vehicle, the controller including a processor and associated memory, the memory storing instructions that, when implemented by the processor, configure the controller to:
- access data associated with a plurality of baling paths traversed across the field during the performance of a baling operation, each baling path being associated with at least one bale of the plurality of bales;
- determine a location of a staging area relative to the field for aggregating the plurality of bales;
- generate a plurality of guidance lines to be traversed by the work vehicle when collecting the plurality of bales and delivering the plurality of bales to the staging area, the plurality of guidance lines including at least one bale collection guidance line defined relative to at least one of the baling paths and at least one staging guidance line extending between the at least one bale collection guidance line and the staging area;
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- guide the work vehicle along the plurality of guidance lines to collect the plurality of bales within the field and deliver the plurality of bales to the staging area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.