System for determining the relative position of a second farm vehicle in relation to a first farm vehicle
First Claim
1. System for determining the relative position of a second farm vehicle in relation to a first farm vehicle, wherein the first vehicle and the second vehicle include equipment to jointly perform an operation on a field, the first vehicle including a computer and a first satellite-supported position sensing device and having a receiver for receiving signals from several satellites in one or more reception modes and structure for providing first position data for the first vehicle, the second vehicle including a computer and a second satellite-supported position sensing device for receiving signals from several satellites in one or more of the reception modes and structure for making position data of the second vehicle available, a data transmission connection between the first vehicle and the second vehicle for transmitting the position data of the first vehicle to the computer of the second vehicle or vice versa, the computer of the second vehicle operable to determine data with respect to the relative position of the second vehicle in relation to the first vehicle based on the position data of the first vehicle and the position data of the second vehicle, a control device for receiving signal quality information, wherein the position sensing devices of both vehicles provide information quality signals indicative of the quality of the signals of the respectively received satellites to the control device, and wherein the control device is responsive to the information quality signals such that the two position sensing devices operate in the same reception mode.
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The entire right, title and interest in and to this application and all subject matter disclosed and/or claimed therein, including any and all divisions, continuations, reissues, etc., thereof are, effective as of the date of execution of this application, assigned, transferred, sold and set over by the applicant(s) named herein to Deere & Company, a Delaware corporation having offices at Moline, Ill. 61265, U.S.A., together with all rights to file, and to claim priorities in connection with, corresponding patent applications in any and all foreign countries in the name of Deere & Company or otherwise.
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- 1. System for determining the relative position of a second farm vehicle in relation to a first farm vehicle, wherein the first vehicle and the second vehicle include equipment to jointly perform an operation on a field, the first vehicle including a computer and a first satellite-supported position sensing device and having a receiver for receiving signals from several satellites in one or more reception modes and structure for providing first position data for the first vehicle, the second vehicle including a computer and a second satellite-supported position sensing device for receiving signals from several satellites in one or more of the reception modes and structure for making position data of the second vehicle available, a data transmission connection between the first vehicle and the second vehicle for transmitting the position data of the first vehicle to the computer of the second vehicle or vice versa, the computer of the second vehicle operable to determine data with respect to the relative position of the second vehicle in relation to the first vehicle based on the position data of the first vehicle and the position data of the second vehicle, a control device for receiving signal quality information, wherein the position sensing devices of both vehicles provide information quality signals indicative of the quality of the signals of the respectively received satellites to the control device, and wherein the control device is responsive to the information quality signals such that the two position sensing devices operate in the same reception mode.
- 12. System for determining the relative position of a second farm vehicle in relation to a first farm vehicle, wherein the first vehicle and the second vehicle include equipment to jointly perform an operation on a field, the first vehicle including a computer and a first satellite-supported position sensing device and having a receiver for receiving signals from several satellites in one or more reception modes and structure for providing first position data for the first vehicle, the second vehicle including a computer and a second satellite-supported position sensing device for receiving signals from several satellites in one or more of the reception modes and structure for making position data of the second vehicle available, a data transmission connection between the first vehicle and the second vehicle for transmitting the position data between the vehicles, wherein the computer of the second vehicle includes means for determining data with respect to the relative position of the second vehicle in relation to the first vehicle based on the position data of the first vehicle and the position data of the second vehicle, a control device receiving signal quality information, wherein the position sensing devices include means for providing information quality signals indicative of the quality of the signals of the respectively received satellites to the control device, and wherein the control device is responsive to the information quality signals for directing the position sensing devices to operate in the same reception mode.
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