Scraper control method
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsMichael D. Peat, Francois Stander
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Abstract
A control method to operate a scraper over ground, the control method comprising: receiving a signal indicative of a desired attack angle between a cutting edge of the scraper and the ground; receiving a height control signal to control a cutting edge height; receiving one or more measuring signals from one or more sensors, calculating a measured attack angle based on the one or more measuring signals; comparing the measured attack angle and the desired attack angle; and outputting at least one control signal commanding movement of a bowl of the scraper based on the height control signal and a result of the comparing the measured attack angle and the desired attack angle.
Claims18
A control method to operate a scraper over ground, the control method comprising:
- receiving a signal indicative of a desired attack angle between a cutting edge of the scraper and the ground;
- receiving a height control signal to control a cutting edge height,;
- receiving one or more measuring signals from one or more sensors,
- calculating a measured attack angle based on the one or more measuring signals;
- comparing the measured attack angle and the desired attack angle;
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- outputting at least one control signal commanding movement of a bowl of the scraper based on the height control signal and a result of the comparing the measured attack angle and the desired attack angle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.