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Apparatus and method for monitoring and coordinating the harvesting and transporting operations of an agricultural crop by multiple agricultural machines on a field

  • US 6,216,071 B1
  • Filed: 12/16/1998
  • Issued: 04/10/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/16/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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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:

  • 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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