Managing a combine residue system using field-data
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1. A method of operating an agricultural combine on a field using at least one field-map, the method comprising steps of:
- providing the agricultural combine including a positioning system, a residue processing system comprising a chopper, the residue processing system is configured for processing and expelling residue onto the field based on residue processing system settings, the residue processing system settings comprising chopper settings to influence an average particle size of residue expelled by the residue processing system, a controller, and a memory in which field-related data is stored in the at least one field-map, the controller being operationally coupled to the memory, the positioning system, and the residue processing system;
determining, by the positioning system, a position of the agricultural combine in the field;
retrieving, by the memory, the field-related data from the at least one field-map related to the determined position in the field; and
adjusting the residue processing system settings, by the controller, based on the retrieved field-related data such that the controller adjusts the chopper to one of decrease the average particle size of the residue to deposit a layer of residue with a first density and increase the average particle size of the residue to deposit another layer of residue with a second density that is less than the first density.
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Abstract
A method for operating an agricultural combine in a field using at least one field-map. The method includes steps of determining (S1) a position of the agricultural combine in the field, retrieving (S2) field-related data from the at least one field-map related to the determined position in the field, and adjusting (S3) residue processing system settings of the agricultural combine based on the retrieved data.
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1. A method of operating an agricultural combine on a field using at least one field-map, the method comprising steps of:
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providing the agricultural combine including a positioning system, a residue processing system comprising a chopper, the residue processing system is configured for processing and expelling residue onto the field based on residue processing system settings, the residue processing system settings comprising chopper settings to influence an average particle size of residue expelled by the residue processing system, a controller, and a memory in which field-related data is stored in the at least one field-map, the controller being operationally coupled to the memory, the positioning system, and the residue processing system; determining, by the positioning system, a position of the agricultural combine in the field; retrieving, by the memory, the field-related data from the at least one field-map related to the determined position in the field; and adjusting the residue processing system settings, by the controller, based on the retrieved field-related data such that the controller adjusts the chopper to one of decrease the average particle size of the residue to deposit a layer of residue with a first density and increase the average particle size of the residue to deposit another layer of residue with a second density that is less than the first density. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An agricultural combine comprising:
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a positioning system adapted for determining a position of the combine in a field; a residue processing system comprising a chopper and being adapted for processing and expelling residue onto the field based on residue processing system settings, and the residue processing system settings comprise chopper settings to influence an average particle size of the residue expelled by the residue processing system; and a controller operationally coupled to; a memory wherein field-related data is stored in at least one field-map; the positioning system; and the residue processing system, wherein the controller is configured to generate and adjust residue processing system settings based on the field-related data retrieved from the memory corresponding to the determined position in the field such that the controller adjusts the chopper to one of decrease the average particle size of the residue to deposit a layer of residue with a first density and increase the average particle size of the residue to deposit another layer of residue with a second density that is less than the first density. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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