Vehicle with weight sensing
AssigneeAGCO Corporation
InventorsPeter John Hart, David Forbes Smith, Benjamin Simon Blackmore, Richard John Godwin, Paul Nicholas Wheeler, Colin Duncan Watt
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Abstract
An agricultural vehicle is provided with means for continuously sensing the weight of an accumulated payload and a GPS navigation system (18). Weight and positional information, and optionally also sensed vehicle speed, are analysed in an analysis/display unit (14) and a map generated of e.g. weight/hectare. The principal application is an agricultural trailer with payload weight sensors (15), towed by a tractor with GPS and analysis systems. A map of yield of e.g. a root crop may be generated as the crop is harvested and continuously deposited into the trailer as it moves along.
Claims12
An agricultural tractor that is operable in an agricultural field comprising:
- a chassis supported on a plurality of wheels;
- a payload supported on said chassis and adapted to receive products therein as the tractor is moved throughout the agricultural field;
- a weight sensor for generating a signal that is representative of the weight of the products in said payload;
- a position sensor for generating a signal that is representative of the position of the tractor in the agricultural field;
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- a controller that is responsive to said signals from said weight sensor and said position sensor for generating a map of the weight of the products in said payload as a function of the position of the tractor in the agricultural field.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.