Active feeder-house position control for terrain following headers

A computer implemented method of controlling an agricultural harvester, the computer implemented method comprising:

• obtaining data relative to upcoming terrain at a worksite;
• identifying one or more topographic characteristics of upcoming terrain at the worksite based on the data;
• identifying a future alignment between a header of the agricultural harvester and a feeder-house of the agricultural harvester at the upcoming terrain at the worksite based, at least, on the identified one or more topographic characteristics of the upcoming terrain at the worksite;
• identifying one or more adjustments based on the identified future alignment between the header and the feeder-house at the upcoming terrain at the worksite;
• and
• controlling one or more controllable subsystems of the agricultural harvester based on the identified one or more adjustments.

An agricultural system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• memory storing instructions, executable by the one or more processors, that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
• identify one or more topographic characteristics of upcoming terrain at a worksite based on data indicative of the one or more topographic characteristics of the upcoming terrain at the worksite;
• identify a future alignment between a header of an agricultural harvester and a feeder-house of the agricultural harvester at the upcoming terrain at the worksite based, at least, on the identified one or more topographic characteristics of the upcoming terrain at the worksite;
• identify one or more adjustments based on the identified future alignment between the header and the feeder-house at the upcoming terrain at the worksite;
• and
• control one or more controllable subsystems of the agricultural harvester based on the identified one or more adjustments.