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US 2026/0016833 A1Published application
Harvesting path planning systems and methods
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsRana Shakti Singh, Nathan R. Vandike, Stephen R. Corban
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Abstract
One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for improving harvest productivity by determining a harvest productivity index for a plurality of areas of a field. Path planning is performed for the one or more harvester vehicles based on the determined harvest productivity index for the plurality of areas of the field and the determined out of field crop transport vehicle availability. One or more routes of the path planning are adjusted in response to changes in harvest operation.
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A system for determining field productivity for harvesting a crop, comprising:
- a harvesting subsystem comprising an agricultural harvester that harvests a crop in a field;
- a predictive productivity index module utilizing a processor to process instructions and data, and memory to store the instructions and the data, the predictive productivity index module configured to:
- determine a harvesting portion and non-harvesting portion of a harvesting operation of the crop in portions of the field based at least on a potential path of the harvester in the field, and field feature information;
- identify an estimated crop yield for the portions of the field;
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- determine a productivity index for the portions of the field, the productivity index based at least on the estimated crop yield and the harvesting and non-harvesting portions of the harvesting operation;
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- a map generation module utilizing a processor to process instructions and data, and memory to store the instructions and the data, the map generation module generating a predictive productivity map for the harvesting operation in the field;
- wherein the harvesting subsystem is configured to use the predictive productivity map to control the agricultural harvester during the harvesting operation.
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A computer-based method for determining field productivity for harvesting a crop, comprising:
- determining a harvesting portion and non-harvesting portion of a harvesting operation of a crop in portions of a field based at least on a potential path of the harvester in the field, and field feature information;
- identifying an estimated crop yield for the portions of the field;
- determining a productivity index for the portions of the field, the productivity index based at least on the estimated crop yield and the harvesting and non-harvesting portions of the harvesting operation;
- generating a predictive productivity map for the harvesting operation in the field;
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- using the predictive productivity map to control an agricultural harvester during the harvesting operation that is harvesting the crop in the field.
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A system for determining field productivity for harvesting a crop, comprising:
- a harvesting subsystem comprising an agricultural harvester that harvests a crop in a field;
- a predictive productivity index module utilizing a processor to process instructions and data, and memory to store the instructions and the data, the predictive productivity index module configured to:
- determine a harvesting portion and non-harvesting portion of a harvesting operation of the crop in portions of the field based at least on a potential path of the harvester in the field, and field feature information;
- identify an estimated crop yield for the portions of the field;
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- determine a productivity index for the portions of the field, the productivity index based at least on the estimated crop yield and the harvesting and non-harvesting portions of the harvesting operation;
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- a map generation module configured to utilize a processor to process instructions and data, and memory to store the instructions and the data, the map generation module configured to generate a predictive productivity map for the harvesting operation in the field;
- wherein the harvesting subsystem is configured to use the predictive productivity map to control the agricultural harvester during the harvesting operation;
- wherein the productivity index is based on:
- a predicted speed of the harvester during the harvesting operation;
- harvesting throughput specification for the harvester;
- an unloading of the crop portion of the harvesting operation;
- a number of harvesters used in the harvesting operation;
- and a number of support vehicles in the harvesting operation;
- wherein the harvesting and non-harvesting portions are based on one or more of:
- a turning of the harvester, a realigning of the harvester with the crop, a moving of the harvester to another harvesting location in the field;
- a geometry of the field;
- a length of a harvesting pass;
- a direction of the harvesting pass;
- and an order of operation of the harvesting operation;
- wherein the field feature information comprises one or more of:
- field geometry, field topography, field geology, field obstructions, and ground conditions;
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- wherein the estimated yield is based at least on historical data regarding crop yield, predicted crop yield, and/or existing crop conditions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.