Locating harvested material within a work area
First Claim
1. A data processing system implemented method for locating harvested material, the method comprising:
- receiving, by the data processing system, material data including material location data on a material location of unloaded harvested material within a work area, wherein the unloaded harvested material is unloaded from a harvester that harvested the harvested material;
obtaining, by the data processing system, background data on at least one established transportation path within the work area;
determining, by the data processing system, a forwarder location of a forwarder;
estimating, by the data processing system, economic cost factors associated with corresponding candidate paths or segments of candidate paths between the forwarder location and the material location; and
selecting, by the data processing system, a preferential path plan between the forwarder location and the material location consistent with the background data and minimization of the economic cost factors, wherein the material location of the unloaded harvested material is a different location than the forwarder location of the forwarder.
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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 data processing system implemented method for locating harvested material, the method comprising:
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receiving, by the data processing system, material data including material location data on a material location of unloaded harvested material within a work area, wherein the unloaded harvested material is unloaded from a harvester that harvested the harvested material; obtaining, by the data processing system, background data on at least one established transportation path within the work area; determining, by the data processing system, a forwarder location of a forwarder; estimating, by the data processing system, economic cost factors associated with corresponding candidate paths or segments of candidate paths between the forwarder location and the material location; and selecting, by the data processing system, a preferential path plan between the forwarder location and the material location consistent with the background data and minimization of the economic cost factors, wherein the material location of the unloaded harvested material is a different location than the forwarder location of the forwarder. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A data processing system implemented method for locating harvested material, the method comprising:
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collecting, by the data processing system, material data including at least one of material location data, a material identifier, a material attribute, and a material attribute value, wherein the material location data, the material identifier, the material attribute, and the material attribute value are each associated with the harvested material; obtaining, by the data processing system, background data for the work area; storing, by the data processing system, the collected material data and the obtained background data; making available the stored data to a forwarder; receiving the stored data via an electromagnetic signal; determining a forwarder location of the forwarder in the work area; identifying a preferential path plan with an efficient path cost between the forwarder location and a material location and between the material location and the drop-off destination based on the stored data, including the material data and the background data, and based on cost factor data, wherein the material location is a location of the harvested material unloaded from a harvester that harvested the harvested material. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18)
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14. A data processing system implemented method for facilitating locating harvested material, the method comprising:
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collecting, by the data processing system, material data including at least two of material location data, a material identifier, a material attribute, and a material attribute value, wherein the material location data, the material identifier, the material attribute, and the material attribute value are each associated with the harvested material, and wherein the harvested material is material that has been unloaded from a harvester that harvested the material; and marking the harvested material with a marker for referencing the collected material data, wherein the marker is at least one of a bar code, a uniform product code (UPC), an optical code, a radio frequency identification tag, an optical tag, and a tag, and the marker is usable to locate the harvested material that has been unloaded from the harvester. - View Dependent Claims (15, 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 two of material location data, a material identifier, a material attribute, and a material attribute value, wherein the material location data, the material identifier, the material attribute, and the material attribute value are each 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, wherein the material location data indicates a material location of harvested material unloaded from a harvester that harvested the harvested material. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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