Commodity cart with improved loading positioning
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsDerryn W. Pikesh, Andrew W. Harmon
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Abstract
A commodity cart includes at least one storage tank and a transfer arm having a product chute, a tube portion coupled to the product chute. The tube portion ends in a product outlet. A hydraulic system is coupled to the transfer arm and configured to move the transfer arm to a product loading position wherein the product chute is positioned at a location on the ground. A controller is configured to determine a desired fill vehicle position and generate an indication of the desired fill vehicle position.
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A mobile commodity storage system comprising:
- at least one storage tank configured to store a commodity;
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- a controller configured to generate an output indicative of a position of a fill vehicle for loading commodity from the fill vehicle to the mobile commodity storage system.
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A method of transferring agricultural product between a fill vehicle and a commodity cart, the method comprising:
- detecting, using with the commodity cart, the fill vehicle within a selected proximity relative to the commodity cart;
- causing an unmanned aerial vehicle to launch based on detection of the fill vehicle within the selected proximity of the commodity cart;
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- causing the unmanned aerial vehicle to generate an output indicating a desired fill vehicle position on the ground.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.