Harvesting machine capable of automatic adjustment
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1. An automated combine including:
- a combine drive system;
a crop material handling system including a grain material intake at a front of the combine, an onboard reservoir configured for receiving grain material from the intake and retaining a quantity of grain material received from the intake and a grain material discharge configured for discharging grain material from the reservoir;
said combine including;
multiple operating parameter sensors each sensing a respective combine operating parameter including speed, grain intake quantity, grain loss quantity and grain quality;
said operating parameter sensors including a predictive sensor capable of sensing a respective operating parameter associated with said grain prior to said grain entering said combine;
a control system configured for receiving input from said operating parameter sensors and providing output representing said operating parameters;
a graphical user interface (GUI) connected to said control system and configured for displaying said operating parameters;
said GUI including a touchscreen for operator input to said control system;
said control system configured for adjusting said combine operating parameters in response to operator input via said touchscreen and displaying combine operating parameter results of said combine operating parameter adjustments; and
said operating parameter results associated with said display include crop quality, combine speed and crop loss.
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Abstract
A harvesting machine capable of automatic adjustment, comprising a plurality of acoustic material flow sensors, a control system, a processor, and application software, wherein the plurality of acoustic material flow sensors are mounted internal to the harvesting machine at points of crop material flow and are capable of sensing an amount of crop material passing by them. The control system operates in a cause-and-affect mode for interactively enabling manual or automatic responses to Mass Material Distribution (MMD) information and equipment-related performance parameters. An interactive combine control method is also provided.
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1. An automated combine including:
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a combine drive system; a crop material handling system including a grain material intake at a front of the combine, an onboard reservoir configured for receiving grain material from the intake and retaining a quantity of grain material received from the intake and a grain material discharge configured for discharging grain material from the reservoir; said combine including;
multiple operating parameter sensors each sensing a respective combine operating parameter including speed, grain intake quantity, grain loss quantity and grain quality;said operating parameter sensors including a predictive sensor capable of sensing a respective operating parameter associated with said grain prior to said grain entering said combine; a control system configured for receiving input from said operating parameter sensors and providing output representing said operating parameters; a graphical user interface (GUI) connected to said control system and configured for displaying said operating parameters; said GUI including a touchscreen for operator input to said control system; said control system configured for adjusting said combine operating parameters in response to operator input via said touchscreen and displaying combine operating parameter results of said combine operating parameter adjustments; and said operating parameter results associated with said display include crop quality, combine speed and crop loss. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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