Improved Position Determination for Agricultural Implements

Abstract

An agricultural implement for distributing material comprising a support part, a distributor linkage arranged on the support part, the distributor linkage being at least partially rotatable about an axis pointing in the direction of travel of the agricultural implement, a first sensor arrangement for capturing an angle of rotation of the support part, a second sensor arrangement for capturing a rotational speed and/or rotational acceleration of the support part, a third sensor arrangement for capturing a relative angle between the support part and the distributor linkage, and an electronic data processing device configured to detect a relative angle between the support part and the distributor linkage, and an electronic data processing device configured to determine an inclination angle of the distributor linkage with respect to a reference plane on the basis of sensor data from the first sensor arrangement, the second sensor arrangement and the third sensor arrangement.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.