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US 2026/0091945 A1Published application
Unloading control based on identified hopper door position
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsJeremy J. Faust, Kellen E. O'Connor
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Abstract
A material transfer vehicle identifies the status of an unloading door on a material receiving vehicle. A control signal is generated to control an unloading operation based upon the identified status of the unloading door.
Claims20
A computer implemented method, comprising:
- detecting a state of an unloading door on a material receiving vehicle;
- and
- automatically generating a control signal to control a material carrying vehicle, that carries material to be unloaded into the material receiving vehicle, based on the state of the unloading door.
An agricultural system, comprising:
- a door status detection system configured to detect a state of an unloading door on a material receiving vehicle;
- and
- a control signal generator configured to automatically generate a control signal to control a material carrying vehicle, that carries material to be unloaded into the material receiving vehicle, based on the state of the unloading door.
A material carrying vehicle, comprising:
- an unloading system actuator configured to control transfer of material out of the material carrying vehicle;
- a door status detection system configured to receive a sensor input and detect a state of an unloading door on a material receiving vehicle based on the sensor input;
- and
- a control signal generator configured to automatically generate a control signal to control the unloading system actuator on the material carrying vehicle based on the state of the unloading door.
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