Agricultural machine having a system for automatic setting of a working parameter, and associated method
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsJames E. Lenz, Ole Peters
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Abstract
An agricultural machine comprises an electronic control device, an actuator, which is actuated under external power, for adjustment of at least one working parameter of the agricultural machine, and a sensor, which is connected to the control device, for detection of the vertical position of the agricultural machine. It is proposed that the control device can be operated so as to derive from the signals of the sensor which topographical zone of a number of topographical zones of a field the agricultural machine is situated in each case, and to activate the actuator as a function of the respective topographical zone.
Claims13
An agricultural machine having a system for automatic setting of a working parameter, comprising:
- an electronic control device;
- an actuator, which is controlled by the control device and actuated under external power, configured to adjust at least one working parameter of the agricultural machine;
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- a sensor, connected to the control device, that is configured to detect at least one of a vertical position of the agricultural machine, the inclination of the agricultural machine in a forward or sideward direction, and a distance between the agricultural machine and an object;
- wherein the control device is operable to derive from the signals of the sensor which topographical zone of a number of topographical zones of a field the agricultural machine is situated in, and to activate the actuator as a function of the respective topographical zone.
A method for automatic setting of a working parameter of an agricultural machine, comprising:
- adjusting at least one working parameter of an agricultural machine by an electronic control device which controls an actuator which is actuated under external power;
- detecting at least one of a vertical position of the agricultural machine, the inclination of the agricultural machine in a forward or sideward direction, and a distance between the agricultural machine and an object, by a sensor coupled to the control device;
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- deriving from the signals of the sensor which topographical zone of a number of topographical zones of a field the agricultural machine is situated in, and activating the actuator as a function of the respective topographical zone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.