# US 7,610,125 B2 · Method and device for optimizing operating parameters of an agricultural working machine > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 7,610,125 B2 - Document ID: US7610125B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 11/473,897 - Filed: 2006-06-23 - Published: 2007-01-04 - Granted: 2009-10-27 - Earliest claimed: 2005-07-04 - Assignees: CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH - Inventors: Werner Fitzner; Heinz-Hermann Wippersteg; Willi Behnke - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7610125B2 ## CPC - A01B 79/005: {Precision agriculture} - A01D 41/127: Control or measuring arrangements specially adapted for combines - A01B: SOIL WORKING IN AGRICULTURE OR FORESTRY; PARTS, DETAILS, OR ACCESSORIES OF AGRICULTURAL MACHINES OR IMPLEMENTS, IN GENERAL (making or covering furrows or holes for sowing, planting or manuring A01C5/00; mowers convertible to soil working apparatus or capable of soil working A01D42/04; mowers combined with soil working implements A01D43/12; soil working for engineering purposes E01, E02, E21) - A01D: HARVESTING; MOWING ## Abstract In a method and a device for carrying out the method to optimize operating parameters of an agricultural working machine, an optimization program map being assigned to each adjustable operating parameter in a memory unit, optimization program map A being subdivided into sub-program maps, and the task of optimizing the sub-program maps being transmitted to individual agricultural working machines; in this manner, by dividing up the work to be carried out, the time required to find the optimum operating parameters of an agricultural working machine can be reduced considerably. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for optimizing operating parameters of an agricultural working machine, comprising the steps of: assigning at least one optimization program map to each operating parameter in a memory unit; subdividing the optimization program map into sub-program maps; transmitting the sub-program maps to individual working machines; optimizing the sub-program maps by the individual working machines; monitoring the optimization of the operating parameters in the sub-program maps; and determining a statically optimum operating parameter. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) A method as defined in claim 1; and further comprising forming the optimization program map as a curve; and optimizing a portion of the curve being transmitted as a sub-program map to each agricultural working machine. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) A method as defined in claim 1; and further comprising forming the optimization program map as a family of curves; and optimizing a curve or portions of the curve being transmitted as a sub-program map to each agricultural working machine. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) A method as defined in claim 1; and further comprising determining a new statically optimum operating parameter every time an operating parameter selected in the sub-program maps is changed by at least one operator. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) A method as defined in claim 1; and further comprising carrying out a determination of a new statistically optimum operating parameter as the function of a parameter selected from the group consisting of a threshold value, a time, and both. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) A method as defined in claim 1; and further comprising making available a statically optimum operating parameter of the particular optimization program map to all of network agricultural working machines. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) A method as defined in claim 1; and further comprising collaborating a large number of agricultural working machines to optimize a large number of optimization program maps by optimizing particular sub-program maps. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) A method as defined in claim 1; and further comprising carrying out the optimization of the sub-program maps by operators who are qualified to operate the agricultural working machines. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) A method as defined in claim 1; and further comprising carrying out the optimization of the sub-program maps by operators of agricultural machine as a function of conditions selected from the group consisting of internal basic conditions, external basic conditions, and both. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) A method as defined in claim 9; and further comprising selecting the internal basic conditions as specific operating parameters of the agricultural working machines. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) A method as defined in claim 9; and further comprising selecting the external basic conditions as data selected from the group consisting of weather-specific data, geographical data, and crop material-specific data. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) A method as defined in claim 1; and further comprising including in a determination of a statistically optimum operating parameter for a particular optimization program map, a determination of tendencies of operator's individual agricultural working machines to make adjustments to find the optimum operating parameters; and notifying the operators of the individual working machines of these tendencies to make adjustments. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) A method as defined in claim 1; and further comprising networking the individual agricultural working machines to each other via at least one data transmission system. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) A method as defined in claim 1; and further comprising calling up statistically optimum operating parameters of the particular optimization program maps as a function of relevant internal and external basic conditions. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) A method as defined in claim 1; and further comprising generating statistically optimum operating parameters centrally, for accessing for all networked agricultural working machines said centrally generated, statistically optimum operating parameters. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) A method as defined in claim 1; and further comprising generating statistically optimum operating parameters decentrally, for accessing only a selected portion of all networked agricultural working machines, to axis said decentrally generated, statistically optimum operating parameters. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) A method as defined in claim 1; and further comprising adjusting a working machine setting by an operator of the agricultural working machine, based on a determination of statistically optimum operating parameters. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) A method as defined in claim 1; and further comprising carrying out adjustment of a working machine setting automatically on the agricultural working machine. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) A method as defined in claim 1; and further comprising evaluating by an operator, statistically optimum operating parameters made available to him with respect to an overall adjustment of the working machine. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) A method as defined in claim 1; and further comprising, based on evaluations performed by an operator adjusting by the operator a working machine setting of another network agricultural working machine. ### Claim 21 (depends on 1) A method as defined in claim 1; and further comprising carrying out adjusting of a working machine setting automatically of on another agricultural working machine. ### Claim 22 (depends on 1) A method as defined in claim 1; and further comprising using a data transmission system as a globally limited data transmission system. ### Claim 23 (depends on 1) A method as defined in claim 1; and further comprising using a data transmission system as a locally limited data transmission system.