US 2024/0206398 A1Published application

Work vehicle

AssigneeCLAAS Omaha Inc.

InventorsKevin Wilkening, Dirk Lahmann, Holger Jürgens

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Abstract

A work vehicle and a method for operating a work vehicle are disclosed. The work vehicle comprises a work vehicle chassis, a lifting assembly, a bale handling implement, a sensor arrangement being positioned and configured to optically detect the bale on the ground and a position and/or a space orientation of the bale and a driver assistance system comprising a controller. The sensor arrangement is configured to optically identify a target location on the bale used for picking up the bale with the bale handling implement, the lifting assembly being controlled by the controller based on the target location while the work vehicle is approaching the bale such that the bale handling implement is positioned at the target location on the bale when picking up the bale from the ground.

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Dependent claims

A work vehicle comprising:

a work vehicle chassis;
a hydraulically-actuated lifting assembly mounted on the work vehicle chassis;
a bale handling implement configured to pick up at least one bale from ground, the bale handling implement being attached to the hydraulically-actuated lifting assembly, the hydraulically-actuated lifting assembly being configured to enable movement of the bale handling implement relative to the work vehicle chassis in multiple degrees of freedom;
a sensor arrangement attached to or positioned relative to the work vehicle chassis, the sensor arrangement configured to optically:
and detect the bale on the ground;
and
a driver assistance system comprising at least one controller in communication with the sensor arrangement;
wherein at least one of the sensor arrangement or the at least one controller is configured to identify a target location on the bale for picking up the bale with the bale handling implement;
and
wherein the at least one controller configured to:
automatically control the hydraulically-actuated lifting assembly based on the target location on the bale at least partly while the work vehicle is approaching or is proximate to the bale such that the bale handling implement is positioned at or relative to the target location on the bale when picking up the bale from the ground.

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A method for operating a work vehicle comprising:

operating the work vehicle that comprises:
a work vehicle chassis;
a hydraulically-actuated lifting assembly mounted on the work vehicle chassis;
a bale handling implement configured to pick up at least one bale from ground, the bale handling implement being attached to the hydraulically-actuated lifting assembly, the hydraulically-actuated lifting assembly being configured to enable movement of the bale handling implement relative to the work vehicle chassis in multiple degrees of freedom;
a sensor arrangement attached to or positioned relative to the work vehicle chassis, the sensor arrangement optically:
detecting the bale on the ground;
and detecting one or both of a position or a space orientation of the bale;
and
a driver assistance system comprising at least one controller in communication with the sensor arrangement;
identifying, using at least one of the sensor arrangement or the at least one controller, a target location on the bale for use in picking up the bale with the bale handling implement;
and
automatically controlling the hydraulically-actuated lifting assembly via the controller based on the target location identified on the bale at least partly while the work vehicle is approaching the bale such that the bale handling implement is positioned at or relative to the target location identified on the bale when picking up the bale from the ground.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.