序号 | 专利名 | 申请号 | 申请日 | 公开(公告)号 | 公开(公告)日 | 发明人 |
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101 | Systems and methods for detecting soil characteristics | US14468547 | 2014-08-26 | US09265192B2 | 2016-02-23 | Alistair K. Chan; William D. Duncan; Roderick A. Hyde; Lowell L. Wood, Jr. |
A soil detection and planting apparatus. The apparatus includes a vehicle and a controller coupled to the vehicle. The apparatus further includes a planting device coupled to the vehicle, the planting device configured to plant seeds or plants into a soil material. The apparatus includes a ground penetrating radar sensor coupled to the vehicle. The ground penetrating radar soil sensor is configured to scan the soil material up to a designated depth beneath a surface of the soil material, wherein the ground penetrating radar soil sensor is further configured to provide a sensor feedback signal to the controller with respect to an intrinsic characteristic of the soil material. The controller is configured to instruct placement of a seed or a plant into the soil material based on the feedback signal. | ||||||
102 | OPTICAL FLOW SENSING APPLICATION IN AGRICULTURAL VEHICLES | US14706867 | 2015-05-07 | US20150319911A1 | 2015-11-12 | Edwin Ernest Wilson; Robert Leonard Nelson, JR.; David Anthony Fowler |
System and techniques for optical flow sensing applications in agricultural vehicles are described herein. A plurality of digital images of an agricultural environment can be obtained from a sensor affixed to agricultural equipment. The plurality of digital images can include a first image and a second image, the second image being captured subsequent to the first image. A transformation of a landmark between the first image and the second image can be identified. A degree of motion for the agricultural equipment relative to an environmental target can be calculated based on the transformation of the landmark. | ||||||
103 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING VEHICLE GUIDANCE WAYPOINTS AND WAYLINES | US14541989 | 2014-11-14 | US20150142308A1 | 2015-05-21 | Lee A. SCHMIDT |
A guidance system for a mobile machine includes a location determining device for determining a location of the machine, a user interface and a controller. The controller is configured to receive location information from the location determining device, detect a path followed by the machine using the location information and, as the machine travels the path, receive waypoint information from a user via the user interface indicating a plurality of initial waypoints associated with the path. The controller is further configured to present the initial waypoints to the user, receive selected waypoint information from the user via the user interface indicating one or more of the initial waypoints as selected waypoints, and automatically guide the machine using the one or more selected waypoints. | ||||||
104 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMICALLY POSITIONING A VEHICLE RELATIVE TO ANOTHER VEHICLE IN MOTION FOR ON-THE-FLY OFFLOADING OPERATIONS | US14043433 | 2013-10-01 | US20150094944A1 | 2015-04-02 | William P. Baumann |
Computer-implemented methods and systems are disclosed for automatically positioning a moving first vehicle relative to a moving second vehicle traveling in a given area. The method includes the steps of: (a) tracking the second vehicle and guiding the first vehicle to attain a given position relative to the second vehicle; and (b) controlling the first vehicle to maintain a generally constant speed such that an operator of the second vehicle can adjust the speed of the second vehicle to correspondingly adjust a relative position of the second vehicle to the first vehicle in a direction of movement of the first and second vehicles, and controlling the first vehicle to maintain a given distance from the second vehicle in a direction generally perpendicular to the direction of movement of the first and second vehicles by tracking the second vehicle. | ||||||
105 | SOUND FEEDBACK SYSTEM FOR VEHICLES | US13971125 | 2013-08-20 | US20150055794A1 | 2015-02-26 | JULIAN SANCHEZ; KRISTIN J. SULLIVAN; KARL B. WASHBURN; NOEL W. ANDERSON |
A feedback system is configured for providing a feedback sound representative of a first vehicle sound of a first vehicle and a second vehicle sound of a second vehicle. The feedback system comprises a first vehicle data bus of the first vehicle and a second vehicle data bus of the second vehicle. A first wireless communication device communicates with the first vehicle data bus and is configured to communicate first vehicle sound. A second wireless communication device communicates with the second vehicle data bus and is configured to communicate second vehicle sound. An electronic data processing system comprises a third wireless communication device configured to receive the first and second vehicle sound. A sound integration module is configured to form or determine the feedback sound from the first and second vehicle sound. A sound generator module is configured to communicate the feedback sound to a user. | ||||||
106 | Land Roller | US14277982 | 2014-05-15 | US20140338937A1 | 2014-11-20 | David Gary McCrea; Thomas Edward McCrea |
A land roller implement includes a wheel aligned with the respective gap between the inner roller and the outer roller of each wing in which the wheel is pivotal between a packing position in the working position of the rollers and a transport position supporting the rollers in the transport position of the implement. The wings can also include a drive motor associated with each transport wheel to drive forward rotation of the wheel for displacing the wings from the transport position to the working position without displacing the implement in a rearward direction. A levelling beam attachment and a seeding attachment can also optionally be used on the land roller implement. Optional latchable brace members pivotally supported on the wings may provide additional support to the wings when using the levelling beam attachment. | ||||||
107 | System and Method for Re-Directing a Ripping Path | US13891865 | 2013-05-10 | US20140336881A1 | 2014-11-13 | Jean-Jacques Clar; Daniel Stanek; Lance Cowper; Troy K. Becicka; Brian G. Funke; Thandava K. Edara; Kyle Edwards |
A system for re-orienting a machine during a ripping operation includes a position sensing system, a ripper, and a controller. The system stores a ripping path, determines the position of the machine, and compares the position of the machine to the ripping path. A drawbar pull of the machine is determined, compared to a maximum steering drawbar pull, and the ripper is raised if the machine is positioned greater than a predetermined distance from the ripping path and the drawbar pull exceeds the maximum steering drawbar pull. The machine is re-oriented and the ripper lowered relative to the work surface. | ||||||
108 | Systems and methods for detecting soil characteristics | US13898298 | 2013-05-20 | US08849523B1 | 2014-09-30 | Alistair K. Chan; William D. Duncan; Roderick A. Hyde; Lowell L. Wood, Jr. |
A soil detection and planting apparatus. The apparatus includes a vehicle and a controller coupled to the vehicle. The apparatus further includes a planting device coupled to the vehicle, the planting device configured to plant seeds or plants into a soil material. The apparatus includes a ground penetrating radar sensor coupled to the vehicle. The ground penetrating radar soil sensor is configured to scan the soil material up to a designated depth beneath a surface of the soil material, wherein the ground penetrating radar soil sensor is further configured to provide a sensor feedback signal to the controller with respect to an intrinsic characteristic of the soil material. The controller is configured to instruct placement of a seed or a plant into the soil material based on the feedback signal. | ||||||
109 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CONTROL MACHINE CONFIGURATIONS | US13841183 | 2013-03-15 | US20140277675A1 | 2014-09-18 | Noel Wayne Anderson; Bryan Kirk Buerkle; Niels Dybro |
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for controlling machine configurations. An example method disclosed herein includes identifying a machine configuration, the machine configuration comprising a host machine connected to an auxiliary machine; determining a desired trajectory based on at least one of the host machine turning, a desired work path, or an alignment of the host machine and the auxiliary machine; and controlling steering of the auxiliary machine based on a desired trajectory of the host machine. | ||||||
110 | Method and system for determining a planned path of a vehicle | US13187576 | 2011-07-21 | US08498788B2 | 2013-07-30 | Ritesh Kondekar |
A boundary definer defines an outer boundary of a region as a series of interconnected generally linear segments joined at one or more nodes. A concave surface identifier or data processor identifies each concave surface associated with a corresponding concave node. At least one subdivision line is established to divide the region into subdivided areas, where the subdivision line interconnects at or near two nonadjacent ones of the concave nodes. The data processor or row orientation module determines a direction of orientation of rows for a planned path of the vehicle within each subdivided area. A path planning module or data processor interconnects the planned paths within or between subdivided areas to each other by planned interconnection paths between termination points of the rows or at the nodes. | ||||||
111 | Agricultural vehicle autopilot rollover risk assessment system | US12506435 | 2009-07-21 | US08275516B2 | 2012-09-25 | Michael D Murphy |
A rollover risk assessment system includes sensors and a processor for estimating rollover risk associated with maneuvering on varying terrain. | ||||||
112 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A PLANNED PATH OF A VEHICLE | US13187576 | 2011-07-21 | US20120101725A1 | 2012-04-26 | Ritesh Kondekar |
A boundary definer defines an outer boundary of a region as a series of interconnected generally linear segments joined at one or more nodes. A concave surface identifier or data processor identifies each concave surface associated with a corresponding concave node. At least one subdivision line is established to divide the region into subdivided areas, where the subdivision line interconnects at or near two nonadjacent ones of the concave nodes. The data processor or row orientation module determines a direction of orientation of rows for a planned path of the vehicle within each subdivided area. A path planning module or data processor interconnects the planned paths within or between subdivided areas to each other by planned interconnection paths between termination points of the rows or at the nodes. | ||||||
113 | Land Roller | US12916084 | 2010-10-29 | US20110265699A1 | 2011-11-03 | David Gary McCrea; Thomas Edward McCrea |
A land roller implement includes a wheel aligned with the respective gap between the inner roller and the outer roller of each wing in which the wheel is pivotal between a packing position in the working position of the rollers and a transport position supporting the rollers in the transport position of the implement. The wings can also include a drive motor associated with each transport wheel to drive forward rotation of the wheel for displacing the wings from the transport position to the working position without displacing the implement in a rearward direction. A levelling beam attachment and a seeding attachment can also optionally be used on the land roller implement. Optional latchable brace members pivotally supported on the wings may provide additional support to the wings when using the levelling beam attachment. | ||||||
114 | Adjustable tie rod | US2734760D | US2734760A | 1956-02-14 | ||
115 | Trailer towing device | US14401950 | 1950-02-13 | US2622891A | 1952-12-23 | EARL KNAPP FRANKLIN |
116 | Automatic electric tractor guide | US7579249 | 1949-02-11 | US2496727A | 1950-02-07 | JENKINS WILLIAM C |
117 | Line drive and clutch control | US15830326 | 1926-12-31 | US1643240A | 1927-09-20 | HARRY EIS |
118 | Line guide for tractors | US703425 | 1925-02-05 | US1629014A | 1927-05-17 | CARL WOODIN |
119 | WORK SETTING SYSTEM FOR WORKING VEHICLE | EP18199268.6 | 2018-10-09 | EP3469867A2 | 2019-04-17 | SAWAKI, Hiroto |
[Object] To provide a work setting system for a working vehicle to save labor in work setting. [Solution] The invention includes: a server that sends and receives information to and from a working vehicle V1, V2, V3; and a work setting means that sets work performed by the working vehicle V1, V2, V3; wherein the server stores work setting information respectively in association with a plurality of operators W1, W2, W3 operating the working vehicle V1, V2, V3; and the working vehicle V1, V2, V3 reads out work setting information associated with an operator that actually operates the working vehicle V1, V2, V3, and performs work according to the read work setting information, and therefore, labor is saved in work setting, and work is perform according to the read work setting information. |
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120 | ANBAUVORRICHTUNG ZUR KOPPLUNG EINES LANDWIRTSCHAFTLICHEN ARBEITSGERÄTES AN EIN ZUGFAHRZEUG | EP18172501.1 | 2018-05-15 | EP3403477A1 | 2018-11-21 | Wagner, Jürgen |
Die Erfindung betrifft eine Anbauvorrichtung zur Kopplung eines landwirtschaftlichen Arbeitsgerätes (4) an ein Zugfahrzeug (1), das über einen Dreipunkt-Kraftheber mit einem Oberlenker (3) und zwei Unterlenkern (2) verfügt, umfassend einen Tragrahmen (9) mit Befestigungselementen (10, 11) zur Kopplung an den Oberlenker und die Unterlenker, einen Anbaurahmen (13) mit Befestigungselementen (14) zur Kopplung an das Arbeitsgerät, sowie einen zwischen dem Tragrahmen und dem Anbaurahmen angeordneten Zwischenrahmen (12), der mittels einer Dreheinrichtung (16) relativ zum Tragrahmen um die Längsachse (17) der Anbauvorrichtung verdrehbar ist und eine Verschiebevorrichtung aufweist, mittels derer der Anbaurahmen quer zur Längsachse relativ zum Zwischenrahmen verschiebbar ist. Die Befestigungselemente des Tragrahmens und/oder die Befestigungselemente des Anbaurahmens sind mittels ihnen zugeordneter Aktoren in ihrer Länge relativ zum Zugfahrzeug und/oder relativ zum Arbeitsgerät verstellbar. Die Verschiebevorrichtung weist mindestens zwei in Form eines Parallelogramms drehbeweglich sowohl am Zwischenrahmen als auch am Anbaurahmen befestigte Streben auf, oder der Tragrahmen, der Zwischenrahmen und der Anbaurahmen sind im Wesentlichen parallel zueinander angeordnet und weisen Eingriffselemente zur relativen Verschiebung auf. Mindestens zwei Einrichtungen (19) zur Positionsbestimmung sind in Richtung der Längsachse (17) hintereinander in definierter Position an der Anbauvorrichtung und/oder dem Arbeitsgerät angebracht. Weiterhin betrifft die Erfindung eine Steuerungseinrichtung und Steuerungsverfahren für die Anbauvorrichtung. |