Agricultural combine with windrow control circuit
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
A01D-041/127
A01D-057/28
A01D-041/12
출원번호
US-0041717
(2013-09-30)
등록번호
US-9668418
(2017-06-06)
발명자
/ 주소
Patton, Stephen Michael
Adamson, James K
Peters, John L
출원인 / 주소
DEERE & COMPANY
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5
초록
An agricultural combine (100) has a windrow control circuit that controls the profile of windrow (154) based upon signals received from a sensor (152).
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1. An agricultural combine (100) having a windrow control circuit, comprising: a self-propelled harvesting vehicle (102) configured to harvest crops, separate grain from material other than grain, and deposit material other than grain on ground in a windrow (154);a sensor (152) mounted on the self-p
1. An agricultural combine (100) having a windrow control circuit, comprising: a self-propelled harvesting vehicle (102) configured to harvest crops, separate grain from material other than grain, and deposit material other than grain on ground in a windrow (154);a sensor (152) mounted on the self-propelled harvesting vehicle (102), wherein the sensor (152) is configured to sense a profile of the windrow (154);at least one steering vane (156, 168, 174, 162, 180, 186) disposed to deflect a flow of the material other than grain leaving the self-propelled harvesting vehicle (102);at least one actuator (160, 172, 178, 166, 190, 184) coupled to the at least one steering vane (156, 168, 174, 162, 180, 186) to move the at least one steering vane (156, 168, 174, 162, 180, 186) relative to the self-propelled harvesting vehicle (102) and deflect the flow of the material other than grain leaving the self-propelled harvesting vehicle (102); andat least one electronic control unit (192) coupled to the sensor (152) and coupled to the at least one actuator (160, 172, 178, 166, 190, 184);wherein the at least one electronic control unit (192) is configured to receive data indicative of a profile of the windrow (154) from the sensor (152), wherein the at least one electronic control unit (192) is configured to perform a comparison of the data indicative of the profile of the windrow (154) and at least one parameter defining a reference windrow profile, and wherein the at least one electronic control unit (192) is configured to drive the at least one actuator (160, 172, 178, 166, 190, 184) in response to the comparison. 2. The agricultural combine (100) of claim 1, wherein the sensor (152) is selected from a group comprising a camera, a laser line scanner or a scanning laser rangefinder. 3. The agricultural combine (100) of claim 1, wherein the at least one electronic control unit (192) is further configured to extract at least one parameter from the data indicative of the profile of the windrow (154), and further wherein the at least one parameter is selected from a windrow thickness or height and a windrow width. 4. The agricultural combine (100) of claim 1, wherein the at least one actuator (172, 178, 180, 186) is configured to at least vertically deflect the flow of the material other than grain. 5. The agricultural combine (100) of claim 1, wherein the at least one actuator (166, 160) is configured to at least horizontally deflect the flow of the material other than grain. 6. The agricultural combine (100) of claim 3, wherein the at least one parameter defining a reference windrow profile is selected from a group comprising a windrow thickness or height (RH, LH) and a windrow width (SW). 7. The agricultural combine (100) of claim 3, wherein the at least one parameter defining a reference windrow profile comprises a first windrow thickness or height (RH) and a second windrow thickness or height (LH). 8. The agricultural combine (100) of claim 1, wherein the at least one electronic control unit (192) is configured to change the at least one parameter defining the reference windrow profile in response to changes in the data indicative of a profile of the windrow (154). 9. The agricultural combine (100) of claim 8, wherein the at least one parameter defining the reference windrow profile is selected from a windrow thickness or height and a windrow width. 10. The agricultural combine (100) of claim 1, wherein the at least one steering vane (156, 162) comprises a first plurality of steering vanes (156, 162) configured deflect the flow of the material other than grain in a primarily horizontal direction. 11. The agricultural combine (100) of claim 10, wherein the first plurality of steering vanes (156, 162) are independently positionable by the at least one electronic control unit (192). 12. The agricultural combine (100) of claim 10, wherein the first plurality of steering vanes (156, 162) are disposed on opposing horizontal sides of the flow of the material other than grain. 13. The agricultural combine (100) of claim 1, wherein the at least one steering vane (168, 174, 180, 186) comprises a second plurality of steering vanes (168, 174, 180, 186) configured to deflect the flow of the material other than grain in a primarily vertical direction. 14. The agricultural combine (100) of claim 13, wherein the second plurality of steering vanes (168, 174, 180, 186) comprises at least two steering vanes that are disposed on opposite vertical sides of the flow of the material other than grain. 15. The agricultural combine (100) of claim 13, wherein the second plurality of steering vanes (168, 174, 180, 186) comprises at least two steering vanes that are disposed on the same vertical side of the flow of the material other than grain in a side-by-side relation. 16. In an agricultural combine (100) configured to make a windrow and having a windrow control circuit comprising at least one steering vane for directing a flow of material other than grain leaving the agricultural combine (100), a method of controlling a windrow profile comprising steps of: electronically generating electronic data indicative of a profile of the windrow;electronically extracting at least one parameter indicative of the profile of the windrow;electronically comparing the at least one parameter indicative of the profile of the windrow with at least one parameter defining a reference windrow profile; andelectronically controlling an actuator coupled to the at least one steering vane based upon results from the step of electronically comparing.
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