An apparatus and method using GNSS for dynamically adjusting side-to-side positioning of a farm implement along a geographical path.
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1. An apparatus to steer a vehicle in order to guide a farm implement along a desired path, comprising: a compensation computer to compute sidehill tracking compensations according to a sidehill tracking function of roll angle, said function having an order greater than one, where said function has
1. An apparatus to steer a vehicle in order to guide a farm implement along a desired path, comprising: a compensation computer to compute sidehill tracking compensations according to a sidehill tracking function of roll angle, said function having an order greater than one, where said function has been determined to compensate implement sidehill tracking errors for at least a first and a second said roll angle; anda sidehill compensator to determine compensated crosstrack errors for said vehicle based on GNSS position measurements of said vehicle and said sidehill tracking compensations, where steering said vehicle to minimize said compensated crosstrack errors guides said implement to follow said desired path. 2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said function is configured to provide said sidehill tracking compensations to compensate said implement sidehill tracking errors between an actual implement path and said desired path. 3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein: said function is configured to provide said sidehill tracking compensations having a best fit between said sidehill tracking compensations and measurements of said implement sidehill tracking errors at several said roll angles. 4. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: a steering device to steer said vehicle to minimize said compensated crosstrack errors. 5. An apparatus to steer a vehicle in order to guide a farm implement along a desired path, comprising: a compensation computer to compute sidehill tracking compensations according to a sidehill tracking function of roll angle where said function has been determined to compensate implement sidehill tracking errors corresponding to several said roll angles; anda sidehill compensator to determine compensated crosstrack errors based on said desired implement path, GNSS position measurements of said vehicle, and said sidehill tracking compensations; said vehicle steered to minimize said compensated crosstrack errors to guide said implement to follow said desired path; wherein:the sidehill compensator is configured to use a time constant for said sidehill tracking compensations to cause said compensated crosstrack errors to have a slower response to changes in said roll angle than to changes in raw crosstrack errors between GNSS position measurements and said desired implement path. 6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the compensation computer includes a tracking learn computer to edit said sidehill tracking function for a current said roll angle to provide a new said sidehill tracking function to reduce a difference between an actual implement path and said desired path for said current roll angle. 7. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: a function edit entry device to issue a function freeze signal to the compensation computer to fix coefficients of said sidehill tracking function. 8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the compensation computer includes a function coefficient calculator to edit said sidehill tracking function by re-calculating one or more coefficients of said function. 9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the compensation computer includes a function order calculator to edit said sidehill tracking function by increasing or decreasing the order of said function. 10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the compensation computer includes a tracking learn computer to edit said sidehill tracking function to minimize a current one of said compensated crosstrack errors when said vehicle is steered to guide said implement to said desired path. 11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the compensation computer includes a tracking learn computer to edit said sidehill tracking function for a best fit between said sidehill tracking compensations and said implement sidehill tracking errors at several said roll angles. 12. An apparatus to steer a vehicle in order to guide a farm implement along a desired path, comprising: a compensation computer to compute a sidehill tracking compensation according to a variable sidehill tracking function of a roll angle where said variable sidehill tracking function has been determined to compensate an implement tracking error corresponding to said roll angle; anda sidehill compensator to determine a compensated crosstrack error based on said desired implement path, GNSS position measurements of said vehicle, and said sidehill tracking compensation; said vehicle steered to minimize said compensated crosstrack error to guide said implement to follow said desired path;a nudge summer to add a nudge difference to a current said compensated crosstrack error to provide a steering signal to align said implement with said desired implement path; anda tracking learn computer to edit said variable sidehill tracking function based on a measurement of said nudge difference. 13. An apparatus to steer a vehicle in order to guide a farm implement along a desired path, comprising: a compensation computer to compute a sidehill tracking compensation according to a variable sidehill tracking function of a roll angle where said variable sidehill tracking function has been determined to compensate an implement tracking error corresponding to said roll angle; anda sidehill compensator to determine a compensated crosstrack error based on said desired implement path, GNSS position measurements of said vehicle, and said sidehill tracking compensation; said vehicle steered to minimize said compensated crosstrack error to guide said implement to follow said desired path; wherein:the compensation computer includes a sidehill computer to compute a roll height compensation from a fixed function of said roll angle and an actual said height of said GNSS antenna above ground; andsaid sidehill tracking compensation includes said roll height compensation. 14. A method for steering a vehicle in order to guide a farm implement along a desired path, comprising: computing sidehill tracking compensations according to a sidehill tracking function of roll angle, said function having an order greater than one, where said function has been determined for compensating implement sidehill tracking errors for at least a first and a second said roll angle; anddetermining compensated crosstrack errors for said vehicle based on GNSS position measurements of said vehicle and said sidehill tracking compensations, where steering said vehicle to minimize said compensated crosstrack errors guides said implement to follow said desired path. 15. The method of claim 14, further comprising: determining said function for providing said sidehill tracking compensations for compensating said implement sidehill tracking errors between an actual implement path and said desired path. 16. The method of claim 14, further comprising: determining said function for providing said sidehill tracking compensations for a best fit between said sidehill tracking compensations and measurements of said implement sidehill tracking errors at several said roll angles. 17. The method of claim 14, further comprising: steering said vehicle for minimizing said compensated crosstrack errors. 18. A method for steering a vehicle in order to guide a farm implement along a desired path, comprising: computing sidehill tracking compensations according to a sidehill tracking function of roll angle, where said function has been determined for compensating implement sidehill tracking errors corresponding to several said roll angles;determining a sidehill compensated crosstrack error based on said desired implement path, GNSS position measurements of said vehicle, and said sidehill tracking compensations; said vehicle steered for minimizing said compensated crosstrack errors for guiding said implement to follow said desired path; andproviding a time constant to said sidehill tracking compensations for causing said compensated crosstrack errors to have a slower response to changes in said roll angle than to changes in raw crosstrack errors between said GNSS position measurements and said desired implement path. 19. The method of claim 14, further comprising: editing said sidehill tracking function for a current said roll angle for providing a new said sidehill tracking function to reduce a difference between an actual implement path and said desired path for said current roll angle. 20. The method of claim 14, further comprising: issuing a function freeze signal for fixing coefficients of said tracking function. 21. The method of claim 14, further comprising: editing said function by re-calculating one or more coefficients of said function. 22. The method of claim 14, further comprising: editing said function by increasing or decreasing the order of said function. 23. The method of claim 14, further comprising: editing said sidehill tracking function for minimizing a current one of said compensated crosstrack errors when said vehicle is steered for guiding said implement to said desired path. 24. The method of claim 14, wherein: computing said sidehill tracking compensation includes editing said sidehill tracking function for a best fit between said sidehill tracking compensations and said implement tracking errors at several said roll angles. 25. A method for steering a vehicle in order to guide a farm implement along a desired path, comprising: computing a sidehill tracking compensation according to a variable sidehill tracking function of a roll angle, where said variable sidehill tracking function has been determined to compensate an implement tracking error corresponding to said roll angle;determining a sidehill compensated crosstrack error based on said desired implement path, GNSS position measurements of said vehicle, and said sidehill tracking compensation; said vehicle steered for minimizing said compensated crosstrack error for guiding said implement to follow said desired path;adding a nudge difference to a current said compensated crosstrack error for providing a steering signal for aligning said implement with said desired implement path; andediting said variable sidehill tracking function based on a measurement corresponding to said nudge difference. 26. A method for steering a vehicle in order to guide a farm implement along a desired path, comprising: computing a sidehill tracking compensation according to a variable sidehill tracking function of a roll angle, where said variable sidehill tracking function has been determined to compensate an implement tracking error corresponding to said roll angle;determining a sidehill compensated crosstrack error based on said desired implement path, GNSS position measurements of said vehicle, and said sidehill tracking compensation; said vehicle steered for minimizing said compensated crosstrack error for guiding said implement to follow said desired path;computing a roll height compensation from a fixed function of said roll angle and an actual said height of said GNSS antenna above ground; andusing said sidehill tracking compensation includes said roll height compensation.
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