METHOD FOR AVOIDING POINT ROWS FOR QUADRILATERAL FIELDS USING AUTOGUIDANCE
First Claim
1. A method for generating a swath pattern to be driven by a work vehicle over a quadrilateral shaped region of a field bounded by a first end boundary, a second end boundary opposite to the first end boundary, a first side boundary and a second side boundary opposite to the first side boundary, the first and second side boundaries extending divergently between the first and second end boundaries, the method comprising the steps of:
- determining a number of swaths for the swath pattern as a function of a lateral extent of an implement of the work vehicle, and at least one of a first lateral extent of the first end boundary and a second lateral extent of the second end boundary;
generating the swath pattern including side by side individual swaths, each of the swaths having a centerline extending between the first and second end boundaries thereof, the centerlines of the side by side ones of the swaths diverging from the first end boundary towards the second end boundary substantially uniformly across the region from the first side boundary to the second side boundary.
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Abstract
A method for generating a swath pattern avoiding point rows for a work vehicle to be driven in a region of a field, which region can be described as having a first side boundary and an opposite second side boundary extending divergently between a first and an opposite second end boundary, the method generating a swath pattern including side by side swaths having centerlines that diverge uniformly between the end boundaries, the method also generating a plurality of swath patterns including options for disabling one or more individual rows of an implement for selection by an operator.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for generating a swath pattern to be driven by a work vehicle over a quadrilateral shaped region of a field bounded by a first end boundary, a second end boundary opposite to the first end boundary, a first side boundary and a second side boundary opposite to the first side boundary, the first and second side boundaries extending divergently between the first and second end boundaries, the method comprising the steps of:
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determining a number of swaths for the swath pattern as a function of a lateral extent of an implement of the work vehicle, and at least one of a first lateral extent of the first end boundary and a second lateral extent of the second end boundary; generating the swath pattern including side by side individual swaths, each of the swaths having a centerline extending between the first and second end boundaries thereof, the centerlines of the side by side ones of the swaths diverging from the first end boundary towards the second end boundary substantially uniformly across the region from the first side boundary to the second side boundary. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for generating a swath pattern to be driven by a work vehicle over a quadrilateral shaped region of a field bounded by a first end boundary, a second end boundary opposite to the first end boundary, a first side boundary and a second side boundary opposite to the first side boundary, the first and second side boundaries extending divergently between the first and second end boundaries, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing a work vehicle with an associated implement having a lateral extent; providing a control system operable to guide the vehicle along a swath of a swath pattern; determining a position of the vehicle as the vehicle moves along the swath; determining a number of swaths for the swath pattern as a function of the lateral extent of the implement and at least one of a first lateral extent of the first end boundary and a second lateral extent of the second end boundary; determining a first swath width as a function of the first lateral extent and the number of swath lines; determining a second swath width as a function of the second lateral extent and the number of swath lines; generating the swath pattern dividing the region into side by side adjacent swaths extending from the first side boundary to the second side boundary, each of the ones of the swaths including centerlines extending divergently between the first end boundary and the second end boundary, the centerlines of each ones of the adjacent swaths being spaced at the first swath width adjacent to the first end boundary and at the second swath width adjacent to the second end boundary, such that the centerline of a first swath adjacent to the first side boundary is substantially parallel thereto and the centerline of a final swath adjacent to the second side boundary is substantially parallel thereto. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for generating a swath pattern for a quadrilateral shaped region of a field bounded by a first end boundary, a second end boundary opposite to the first end boundary, a first side boundary and a second side boundary opposite to the first side boundary, the first and second side boundaries extending divergently between the first and second end boundaries to be driven by work vehicle, comprising the steps of:
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providing a work vehicle with an associated implement having a lateral extent; providing a control system operable to guide the vehicle along a swath line in a swath pattern; determining a position of the vehicle as the vehicle moves along the swath line; generating a swath pattern including a plurality of side by side swaths, each swath having a centerline extending between the first and second end boundaries, the swath pattern having a first swath including a centerline parallel to the first side boundary, a last swath including a centerline parallel to the second side boundary, and substantially all of the other swaths having centerlines spaced at a first uniform distance adjacent to the first end boundary and at a second uniform distance adjacent to the second end boundary, the first and second distances being a function of the lateral extent of the implement and at least one of the lateral extents of the first and second end boundaries. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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