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US 2020/0090094 A1Published application
Harvester control system
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorSebastian Blank
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Abstract
A detector detects yield data corresponding to a plurality of different harvesters. Detectors can also detect harvest performance data and logistics performance data for those harvesters. A control signal generator generates control signals to control the harvesters to maintain a target harvest rate, for the crop harvested by the plurality of harvesters, collectively.
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A control computing system, comprising:
- a yield data generation system that generates yield data corresponding to a set of fields being harvested by a set of harvesters;
- a harvester performance data generation system that generates harvester performance data, indicative of an estimated rate of harvested material harvested by the set of harvesters;
- a logistics performance data generation system that generates logistics performance data indicative of a likely proportion of time the set of harvesters will be engaged in productive harvesting;
- a control parameter generation system that detects a target harvest rate, indicative of a target rate at which harvested material is harvested, and that generates a set of control parameters based on the target harvest rate, the yield data, the harvester performance data and the logistics performance data;
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- a control signal generator system that generates a set of harvester control signals, based on the control parameters.
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A method of controlling a set of harvesters, comprising:
- generating yield data corresponding to a set of fields being harvested by the set of harvesters;
- generating harvester performance data, indicative of an estimated rate of harvested material harvested by the set of harvesters;
- generating logistics performance data indicative of a likely proportion of time the set of harvesters will be engaged in productive harvesting;
- detecting a target harvest rate, indicative of a target rate at which harvested material is harvested;
- generating a set of control parameters based on the target harvest rate, the yield data, the harvester performance data and the logistics performance data;
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- generating a set of harvester control signals, based on the control parameters.
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A control computing system, comprising:
- a yield data generation system that generates yield data corresponding to a set of fields being harvested by a set of harvesters;
- a harvester performance data generation system that generates harvester performance data, indicative of an estimated rate of harvested material harvested by the set of harvesters;
- a logistics performance data generation system that generates logistics performance data indicative of a likely proportion of time the set of harvesters will be engaged in productive harvesting;
- a control parameter generation system that detects a target harvest rate, indicative of a target rate at which harvested material is harvested, and that generates a set of control parameters based on the target harvest rate, the yield data, the harvester performance data and the logistics performance data;
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- a control signal generator system that generates a set of harvester control signals, based on the control parameters to control the set of harvesters to maintain a harvest rate within a threshold range of the target harvest rate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.