Apparatus and method for monitoring and coordinating the harvesting and transporting operations of an agricultural crop by multiple agricultural machines on a field
First Claim
1. An apparatus for monitoring and coordinating the harvesting and transporting operations of an agricultural crop by multiple agricultural machines on a field, comprising:
- a first position determining system located on a first agricultural machine;
a site database adapted for storing a dynamic model of the field;
a harvest volume indicating system located on the first agricultural machine; and
a control system for receiving information from the first position determining system, the site database, and the harvest volume indicating system, and responsively determining an expected time at which the harvested crop would reach a predetermined desired level on the first agricultural machine and wherein the control system is adapted for determining an expected location of the first agricultural machine at the expected time.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for monitoring and coordinating the harvesting and transporting operations of an agricultural crop by multiple agricultural machines on a field is disclosed. The apparatus includes a first position determining system located on a first agricultural machine, a site database for storing a dynamic model of the field, and a harvest volume indicating system located on the first agricultural machine. A control system receives information from the first position determining system, the site database, and the harvest volume indicating system, and responsively determines an expected time at which the harvested crop will reach a predetermined desired level on the first agricultural machine.
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42 Claims
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1. An apparatus for monitoring and coordinating the harvesting and transporting operations of an agricultural crop by multiple agricultural machines on a field, comprising:
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a first position determining system located on a first agricultural machine;
a site database adapted for storing a dynamic model of the field;
a harvest volume indicating system located on the first agricultural machine; and
a control system for receiving information from the first position determining system, the site database, and the harvest volume indicating system, and responsively determining an expected time at which the harvested crop would reach a predetermined desired level on the first agricultural machine and wherein the control system is adapted for determining an expected location of the first agricultural machine at the expected time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method for monitoring and coordinating the harvesting and transporting operations of an agricultural crop by multiple agricultural machines on a field, comprising the steps of:
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determining a level of crop harvested by a first agricultural machine;
determining position data associated with the first agricultural machine;
updating a site database as a function of the position data; and
determining an expected time at which the level of harvested crop will reach a predetermined desired level on the first agricultural machine and determining an expected location of the first agricultural machine at the expected time. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
determining a level of crop harvested by a third agricultural machine;
determining position data associated with the third agricultural machine;
determining an expected time at which the harvested crop will reach a predetermined desired level on the third agricultural machine; and
determining an expected location of the third agricultural machine at the expected time.
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37. A method, as set forth in claim 36, further including the step of directing the operation of the second agricultural machine to travel to at least one of the expected location of the first agricultural machine and the expected location of the third agricultural machine.
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38. An apparatus for monitoring and coordinating the harvesting and transporting operations of an agricultural crop by multiple agricultural machines on a field, comprising:
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means for determining a level of crop harvested by a first agricultural machine;
means for determining position data associated with each of a first agricultural machine and a second agricultural machine;
means for updating a site database as a function of the position data; and
means for determining an expected time at which the level of harvested crop will reach a predetermined desired level on the first agricultural machine;
means for determining an expected location of the first agricultural machine at the expected time;
means for directing the operation of the second agricultural machine to travel to the expected location of the first agricultural machine at the expected time. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40)
means for determining a level of crop harvested by a third agricultural machine;
means for determining position data associated with the third agricultural machine;
means for determining an expected time at which the harvested crop will reach a predetermined desired level on the third agricultural machine; and
means for determining an expected location of the third agricultural machine at the expected time.
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40. A method, as set forth in claim 39, further including means for directing the operation of the second agricultural machine to travel to at least one of the expected location of the first agricultural machine and the expected location of the third agricultural machine.
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41. An apparatus for monitoring and coordinating the harvesting and transporting operations of an agricultural crop by multiple agricultural machines on a field, comprising:
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a first position determining system located on a first agricultural machine;
a second position determining system located on a second agricultural machine;
a third position determining system located on a third agricultural machine;
a site database adapted for storing a dynamic model of the field;
a harvest volume indicating system located on each of the first agricultural machine and the third agricultural machine;
a control system for receiving information from each of the first position determining system, the second position determining system, the third position determining system, the site database, the harvest volume indicating system located on the first agricultural machine, and the harvest volume indicating system located on the third agricultural machine, and responsively determining an expected time at which the harvested crop will reach a predetermined desired level on each of the first agricultural machine and the third agricultural machine, the control system being further adapted for determining an expected location of the first agricultural machine at the expected time and an expected location of the third agricultural machine at the expected time; and
a machine controller adapted for directing the operation of the second agricultural machine to travel to at least one of the expected location of the first agricultural machine and the expected location of the third agricultural machine.
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42. A method for monitoring and coordinating the harvesting and transporting operations of an agricultural crop by multiple agricultural machines on a field, comprising the steps of:
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determining a level of crop harvested by a first agricultural machine;
determining a level of crop harvested by a third agricultural machine determining position data associated with each of the first agricultural machine, the third agricultural machine, and a second agricultural machine;
updating a site database as a function of the position data;
determining an expected time at which the harvested crop will reach a predetermined desired level on the first agricultural machine;
determining an expected location of the first agricultural machine at the expected time;
determining an expected time at which the harvested crop will reach a predetermined desired level on the third agricultural machine;
determining an expected location of the third agricultural machine at the expected time; and
directing the operation of the second agricultural machine to travel to at least one of the expected location of the first agricultural machine and the expected location of the third agricultural machine.
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