System and method for detecting an operational status of a disc blade
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorChristopher R. Barrick
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Abstract
A control system for an agricultural implement may include a sensor that generates sensor data for a disc blade and a controller communicatively coupled to the sensor and comprising a memory and a processor. The controller performs operations including receive the sensor data from the sensor, determine a trace based on the sensor data, and determine a status of the disc blade based on a comparison of the trace to a target trace. The status includes operational or not operational.
Claims20
A control system for an agricultural implement, the control system comprising:
- a sensor configured to generate sensor data for a disc blade;
- and
- a controller communicatively coupled to the sensor and comprising a memory and a processor, wherein the controller is configured to:
- receive the sensor data from the sensor;
- determine a trace based on the sensor data;
- and
- determine a status of the disc blade based on a comparison of the trace to a target trace, wherein the status comprises operational or not operational.
A method for determining a status of a disc blade of a tillage implement, the method comprising:
- receiving, via a processor, a sensor signal indicative of the disc blade from a sensor;
- determining, via the processor, a trace based on the sensor signal;
- and
- determining, via the processor, the status of the disc blade based on a comparison of the trace to a target trace, the status comprises operational or not operational.
A detection system for a tillage implement, comprising:
- a sensor configured to direct a field of view at a plurality of disc blades of the tillage implement, wherein the field of view is configured to intersect the plurality of disc blades;
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- a controller coupled to the sensor and comprising a memory and a processor, wherein the controller is configured to:
- receive sensor data from the sensor indicative of the plurality of disc blades;
- determine a trace for each of the plurality of disc blades based on the sensor data;
- and
- determine an operational status of each of the plurality of disc blades based on comparison between a respective trace and a target trace.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.