Head engagement assist systems and methods
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsGAURAV PATIL, PIYUSH JOSHI, MEHUL P. BHAVSAR
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Abstract
Systems and methods for automatically aligning an agricultural machine with an implement to be attached to the agricultural machine may include sensing an orientation of an agricultural implement, determining a tilt of the agricultural implement based on the orientation of the agricultural implement; comparing the tilt of the agricultural implement to a tilt of a feederhouse of the agricultural machine; determining a difference between the tilt of the feederhouse and the tilt of the agricultural implement; and moving the feederhouse to align the tilt of the feederhouse with the tilt of the agricultural implement.
Claims18
An apparatus comprising:
- one or more processors;
- a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium coupled to the one or more processors and storing programming instructions for execution by the one or more processors, the programming instructions instruct the one or more processors to:
- sense an orientation of an agricultural head;
- determine a tilt of the agricultural head based on the orientation of the agricultural head;
- compare a tilt of the agricultural head to a tilt of a feederhouse of an agricultural harvester;
- determine a difference between the tilt of the feederhouse and the tilt of the head;
- and
- move the feederhouse to align the tilt of the feederhouse with the tilt of the agricultural head.
A computer-implemented method performed by one or more processors for automatically aligning a feederhouse of an agricultural harvester with an agricultural head, the method comprising:
- sensing an orientation of an agricultural head;
- determining a tilt of the agricultural head based on the orientation of the agricultural head;
- comparing a tilt of the agricultural head to a tilt of a feederhouse of an agricultural harvester;
- determining a difference between the tilt of the feederhouse and the tilt of the head;
- and
- moving the feederhouse to align the tilt of the feederhouse with the tilt of the agricultural head.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.