Forage harvester swath sensor
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1. A forage harvester comprising:
- a header to pick up a swath from a ground surface, the header comprising a first and a second distance sensor being adapted to measure a sensor-to-target distance respectively along a first and second sensor axis, wherein the first distance sensor is mounted at a first lateral end of the header and wherein the second distance sensor is mounted at a second lateral end of the header, and wherein the first and second distance sensors are positioned such that, when the header is placed on an even ground surface, the first sensor axis and the second sensor axis extend in a diagonal manner and cross in front of the header before reaching the even ground surface.
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Abstract
A forage harvester including a header for picking up a swath from a ground surface. The header includes a first and a second distance sensor adapted to measure a sensor-to-target distance respectively along a first and second sensor axis. The first distance sensor is mounted at a first lateral end of the header, and the second distance sensor is mounted at a second lateral end of the header. The first and second distance sensors are positioned such that, when the forage harvester is placed on an even ground surface, the first sensor axis crosses the second sensor axis before reaching the even ground surface in front of the harvester.
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1. A forage harvester comprising:
a header to pick up a swath from a ground surface, the header comprising a first and a second distance sensor being adapted to measure a sensor-to-target distance respectively along a first and second sensor axis, wherein the first distance sensor is mounted at a first lateral end of the header and wherein the second distance sensor is mounted at a second lateral end of the header, and wherein the first and second distance sensors are positioned such that, when the header is placed on an even ground surface, the first sensor axis and the second sensor axis extend in a diagonal manner and cross in front of the header before reaching the even ground surface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A steering system for a harvester, the steering system comprising:
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a controller operationally connected to a first and a second distance sensor being adapted to measure a sensor-to-target distance respectively along a first and second sensor axis, wherein the first and second distance sensors are provided to be respectively placed at a first and second lateral end of a header of the harvester such that when the forage harvester is on an even ground surface, the first sensor axis and the second sensor axis extend in a diagonal manner and cross in front of the harvester before reaching the even ground surface in front of the harvester, wherein the controller is configured to control steering of the harvester based on an input from each of the first and second distance sensors. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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