Route Planning for an Agricultural Vehicle
AssigneeAGCO International GmbH
InventorsKenneth Guldbrandt Lausdahl, Søren Ludvig Bech, Kun Zhou, René Søndergaard Nilsson
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Abstract
A guidance control system for generating a recommended route for an agricultural vehicle in advance of performing an agricultural process. The guidance control system further tracks adherence of the agricultural vehicle to the recommended route and/or controlling the vehicle to follow the recommended route. The recommended route is generated responsive to the identification and classification(s) of one or more obstacles within a predetermined region in which the agricultural process is to be performed.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method for generating a recommended route for an agricultural vehicle to perform an agricultural process within a predetermined region bound by a boundary, the computer-implemented method comprising:
- obtaining, by a guidance control system, boundary information defining the predetermined region;
- obtaining, by the guidance control system, geospatial information describing physical characteristics of the predetermined region;
- identifying and classifying, by the guidance control system, an obstacle in the predetermined region by processing the geospatial information;
- generating a recommended route for movement of the agricultural vehicle within the predetermined region by processing at least the boundary information and the identified and classified obstacle;
- and
- during a subsequent performance of the agricultural process by the agricultural vehicle within the region:
- monitoring, using a position monitoring device, the position of the agricultural vehicle with respect to the recommended route;
- and
- responsive to a deviation of the monitored position of the agricultural vehicle from the recommended route, updating, by the guidance control system, the recommended route.
A computer-implemented method for moving an agricultural vehicle within a predetermined region bound by a boundary, the method comprising:
- generating a recommended route for the agricultural vehicle by:
- obtaining, by a guidance control system, boundary information defining the predetermined region;
- obtaining, by the guidance control system, geospatial information describing physical characteristics of the predetermined region;
- identifying and classifying, by the guidance control system, an obstacle in the predetermined region by processing the geospatial information;
- generating a recommended route for movement of the agricultural vehicle within the predetermined region by processing at least the boundary information and the identified and classified obstacle;
- and
- during a subsequent performance of the agricultural process by the agricultural vehicle within the region, controlling the travel direction of the agricultural vehicle to follow the recommended route for the agricultural vehicle.
An agricultural vehicle, comprising:
- a guidance control system configured to control one or more operations of the agricultural vehicle and comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions thereon that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the guidance control system to:
- obtain boundary information defining the predetermined region;
- obtain geospatial information describing physical characteristics of the predetermined region;
- identify and classify an obstacle in the predetermined region by processing the geospatial information;
- generate a recommended route for movement of the agricultural vehicle within the predetermined region by processing at least the boundary information and the identified and classified obstacle;
- and
- during a subsequent performance of the agricultural process by the agricultural vehicle within the region:
- monitor, using a position monitoring device, the position of the agricultural vehicle with respect to the recommended route;
- and
- responsive to a deviation of the monitored position of the agricultural vehicle from the recommended route, update, by the guidance control system, the recommended route.
An agricultural vehicle comprising a guidance control system configured to control one or more operations of the agricultural vehicle and comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions thereon that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the guidance control system to:
- obtain boundary information defining the predetermined region;
- obtain geospatial information describing physical characteristics of the predetermined region;
- identify and classify an obstacle in the predetermined region by processing the geospatial information;
- generate a recommended route for movement of the agricultural vehicle within the predetermined region by processing at least the boundary information and the identified and classified obstacle;
- and
- during a subsequent performance of the agricultural process by the agricultural vehicle within the region, control the travel direction of the agricultural vehicle to follow the recommended route for the agricultural vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.