Self-propelled agricultural harvesting machine with controllable transfer device

A vehicle system, comprising

• at least two vehicles;
• a navigation system for determining a relative position of said vehicles;
• a data transmission system for exchanging data between said vehicles;
• a transfer device for transferring a harvested crop material to one of said vehicles which is a hauling vehicle, said transfer device including a discharge device, a control device for positioning said discharge device, and a transfer-device cover;
• a transport container having an edge zone bounded by inner and outer boundaries of said transport container, which inner and outer boundaries are spaced from one another in a horizontal direction, and representing a “keep-out” zone, and a tolerance region located inside said inner boundary, as considered in the horizontal direction, and spaced horizontally from said “keep-out” zone,
• wherein said control device is configured to position said discharge device in the horizontal direction for avoiding entering of the “keep-out” zone by a crop discharge flow and for locating an impact point of the crop discharge flow in the tolerance region, and
• wherein said transport container is configured so that a surface of said transport container is defined by a transport contour and said transport container contour defines said outer boundary of the edge zone, and wherein said inner boundary of the edge zone is located within a boundary of a receiving surface as considered in the horizontal direction.

A vehicle system, comprising

• at least two vehicles;
• a navigation system for determining a relative position of said vehicles;
• a data transmission system for exchanging data between said vehicles;
• a transfer device for transferring a harvested crop material to one of said vehicles which is a hauling vehicle, said transfer device including a discharge device, a control device for positioning said discharge device, and a transfer-device cover;
• and
• a transport container having an edge zone bounded by inner and outer boundaries of said transport container, which inner and outer boundaries are spaced from one another in a horizontal direction, and representing a “keep-out” zone, and a tolerance region located inside said inner boundary, as considered in the horizontal direction, and spaced horizontally from said “keep-out” zone,
• wherein said control device is configured to position said discharge device for avoiding entering of the “keep-out” zone by a crop discharge flow and for locating an impact point of the crop discharge flow in the tolerance region, and
• wherein the transport container has side walls forming said outer boundary, while said inner boundary is formed by an inner edge zone situated in a certain distance in the horizontal direction from said outer boundary.