System for automatically steering a utility vehicle
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorFolker Beck
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Abstract
A system for automatically steering a utility vehicle having an operating implement. The system comprises a controller that is in communication with a scanning sensor. The controller receives an output signal from the scanning sensor and generates a steering signal that is directed to a steering controller for automatically steering the vehicle along a boundary of operation detected by the scanning sensor. The controller is supplied with information on which side of the operating implement the boundary of operation is located. The controller controls the scanning region of the scanning sensor as a function of this information.
Claims19
A system for automatically steering a utility vehicle equipped with an operating implement, the system comprising:
- a scanning sensor mounted to the utility vehicle, the scanning sensor having a scanning region, the scanning sensor generating an output signal;
- a controller in communication with the scanning sensor for receiving the output signal and generating a steering signal based on the output signal of the scanning sensor so as to automatically guide the vehicle along a boundary of operation detected by the scanning sensor;
- a steering controller for steering the vehicle, the steering controller in communication with the controller for receiving the steering signal;
- the controller being supplied with information on which side of the operating implement the boundary of operation is located and in response to this information the controller controls the scanning region of the scanning sensor,
- wherein the controller changes the scanning region of the scanning sensor by steering the scanning region with respect to the vehicle as a function of the information and additional information indicating an expected location of the boundary of operation and wherein the controller has a memory that stores the expected location of the boundary of operation.
A system for automatically steering a utility vehicle equipped with an operating implement and having an operating velocity, the system comprising:
- a scanning sensor mounted to the utility vehicle, the scanning sensor having a scanning region, the scanning sensor generating an output signal;
- a controller in communication with the scanning sensor for receiving the output signal and generating a steering signal based on the output signal of the scanning sensor so as to automatically guide the vehicle along a boundary of operation detected by the scanning sensor;
- a steering controller for steering the vehicle, the steering controller is in communication with the controller for receiving the steering signal;
- the controller being supplied with information on which side of the operating implement the boundary of operation is located and in response to this information the controller controls the scanning region of the scanning sensor,
- wherein the controller further controls the scanning region of the scanning sensor as a function of the velocity.
A system for automatically steering a utility vehicle equipped with an operating implement, the system comprising:
- a scanning sensor mounted to the utility vehicle, the scanning sensor having a scanning region, the scanning sensor generating an output signal;
- a controller in communication with the scanning sensor for receiving the output signal and generating a steering signal based on the output signal of the scanning sensor so as to automatically guide the vehicle alone a boundary of operation detected by the scanning sensor;
- a steering controller for steering the vehicle, the steering controller in communication with the controller for receiving the steering signal;
- the controller being supplied with information on which side of the operating implement the boundary of operation is located and in response to this information the controller controls the scanning region of the scanning sensor,
- wherein the controller changes the scanning region of the scanning as a function of the information and additional information indicating an expected location of the boundary of operation and wherein the controller has a memory that stores the expected location of the boundary of operation wherein the controller derives the additional information about the expected location of the boundary of operation from data supplied by an operating implement memory located on the operating implement.
A system for automatically steering a utility vehicle equipped with an operating implement, the system comprising:
- a scanning sensor mounted to the utility vehicle, the scanning sensor having a scanning region, the scanning sensor generating an output signal;
- a controller in communication with the scanning sensor for receiving the output signal and generating a steering signal based on the output signal of the scanning sensor so as to automatically guide the vehicle along a boundary of operation detected by the scanning sensor;
- a steering controller for steering the vehicle, the steering controller in communication with the controller for receiving the steering signal:
- the controller being supplied with information on which side of the operating implement the boundary of operation is located and in response to this information the controller controls the scanning region of the scanning sensor,
- wherein the controller chances the scanning region of the scanning as a function of the information and additional information indicating an expected location of the boundary of operation and wherein the controller has a memory that stores the expected location of the boundary of operation wherein the controller derives the additional information about the expected location of the boundary of operation from data supplied by a position sensor wherein position sensor is a width of cut sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.