Locating harvested material within a work area
First Claim
1. A method for locating harvested material, the method comprising:
- receiving material data including material location data on a material location of harvested material within a work area;
obtaining background data on at least one established transportation path within the work area;
determining a forwarder location of a forwarder;
estimating economic cost factors associated with corresponding candidate paths or segments of candidate paths between the forwarder location and the material location; and
selecting a preferential path plan between the forwarder location and the material location consistent with the background data and minimization of the economic cost factors.
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Abstract
A method and system for locating harvested material comprises receiving material data including material location data on a material location of harvested material within a work area. Background data is obtained. A location-determining receiver determines a forwarder location of a forwarder. An estimator estimates economic cost factors associated with corresponding candidate paths or segments of candidate paths between the forwarder location and the material location. A selector selects a preferential planned path between the forwarder location and the material location consistent with the material data, background data, and minimization of the economic cost factors.
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29 Claims
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1. A method for locating harvested material, the method comprising:
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receiving material data including material location data on a material location of harvested material within a work area;
obtaining background data on at least one established transportation path within the work area;
determining a forwarder location of a forwarder;
estimating economic cost factors associated with corresponding candidate paths or segments of candidate paths between the forwarder location and the material location; and
selecting a preferential path plan between the forwarder location and the material location consistent with the background data and minimization of the economic cost factors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for locating harvested material, the method comprising:
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collecting material data including at least one of harvester location data, material location data, a material identifier, a material attribute, and a material attribute value associated with the harvested material;
obtaining background data for the work area;
storing the collected material data and the obtained background data; and
making available the stored data to a forwarder. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A system for locating harvested material in a work area, the system comprising:
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a harvested material attribute sensor for collecting material data including at least one of harvester location data, material location data, a material identifier, a material attribute, and a material attribute value associated with the harvested material;
a navigational/environmental sensor for obtaining background data for the work area;
a storage device for storing the collected material data and the obtained background data; and
a wireless communications device for making available the stored data to a forwarder. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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