Location-based material gathering
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsDaniel E. Derscheid, Jacob D. Kappelman
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method and control system for gathering material is described. One or more vehicles may include an intake mechanism for material and a location-tracking system. A current orientation of the intake mechanism is identified based upon location information from the tracking system. A current orientation of the material is determined based upon historical location information for the material. A target orientation of the intake mechanisms is determined based upon the current orientation of the material. Movement of the intake mechanism is thus directed toward the determined target orientation.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method for gathering material with one or more vehicles including a baler having an intake mechanism for the material and a location-tracking system capable of determining location information for the one or more vehicles, the method comprising:
- determining, by one or more computing devices, a current orientation of the intake mechanism of the baler, the intake mechanism being part of the baler, based upon, at least in part, location information determined by the location-tracking system;
- determining, by the one or more computing devices, a current orientation of the material based upon, at least in part, historical location information for the material;
- determining, by the one or more computing devices, a target orientation of the intake mechanism based upon, at least in part, the determined current orientation of the material, the target orientation of the intake mechanism being located towards one side of the baler;
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- directing, by the one or more computing devices, a movement of the intake mechanism from the determined current orientation of the intake mechanism toward the determined target orientation by moving the intake mechanism towards the one side of the baler relative to the baler.
A system for gathering material, the system comprising:
- one or more vehicles including a baler having an intake mechanism for the material, the intake mechanism being part of the baler;
- a location-tracking system movable with the one or more vehicles and capable of determining location information for the one or more vehicles and the intake mechanism;
- one or more processor devices;
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- one or more memory architectures coupled with the one or more processor devices;
- wherein the one or more processor devices are configured to:
- determine a current orientation of the intake mechanism of the baler based upon, at least in part, location information determined by the location-tracking system;
- determine a current orientation of the material, based upon, at least in part, historical location information for the material;
- determine a target orientation of the intake mechanism based upon, at least in part, the determined current orientation of the material, the target orientation of the intake mechanism being located towards one side of the baler;
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- directing, by the one or more computing devices, a movement of the intake mechanism from the determined current orientation of the intake mechanism toward the determined target orientation by moving the intake mechanism towards the one side of the baler relative to the baler.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.