Systems and methods for controlling unloading of agricultural material
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsSTEPHEN R. CORBAN, Grant J. Wonderlich
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Abstract
Systems and methods for monitoring a weight of agricultural material, such as grain, unloaded from a first vehicle, such as a harvester (e.g., a combine harvester), to a second vehicle, such as a grain cart, and stopping transfer of the agricultural material when a sensed weight of the unloaded agricultural material contained in the second vehicle meets or exceeds a selected amount are disclosed. Example systems and methods may also include monitoring a fill level of agricultural material unloaded into the second vehicle simultaneously with monitoring the weight of unloaded agricultural material.
Claims20
A system to control transfer of agricultural material from one vehicle to another, the system comprising:
- a first vehicle comprising:
- a first storage bin that stores agricultural material;
- and
- an agricultural material conveyor;
- a second vehicle comprising:
- a second storage bin that stores agricultural material conveyed by the agricultural material conveyor from the first storage bin of the first vehicle;
- and
- a sensor that detects a weight of agricultural material contained in the second storage bin and generates a first signal representative of the detected weight;
- a controller that is configured to:
- receive the first signal and, using the received signals;
- determine whether the detected weight satisfies a selected condition;
- and
- stop operation of the agricultural material conveyor to stop transfer of agricultural material from the first vehicle to the second vehicle when the selected condition is satisfied.
A computer-implemented method for controlling transfer of agricultural material from a first vehicle to a second vehicle, the method comprising:
- sensing, with a first sensor, a weight of agricultural material contained in a storage bin of the second vehicle and being delivered to the storage bin via an agricultural material conveyor of the first vehicle;
- comparing, with an electronic controller, the sensed weight of the agricultural material with a selected condition;
- and
- transmitting a first signal to the agricultural material conveyor to stop operation of the agricultural material conveyor when the sensed weight of the agricultural material in the storage bin satisfies the selected condition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.