Device and method for guiding agricultural vehicles using modified swath width
First Claim
1. A method for altering a swath pattern of a vehicle, comprising the steps of:
- loading a base swath path and an original swath width into a memory of said vehicle;
generating a plurality of swath paths from said base swath path and said original swath width, each of said generated swath paths defining at least two geographic locations;
measuring, using a location sensor, a current geographic location of said vehicle;
determining, using an electrical processing circuit (EPC) coupled to said memory and to said location sensor, a difference between said current geographic location and a geographic location of a generated swath path nearest to said current geographic location;
determining, using said EPC, a number of swath paths that said generated swath path nearest to said current geographic location is subsequent to said base swath path;
dividing, using said EPC, said difference by said determined number of swath paths to produce a swath width remark distance; and
adding, using said EPC, said swath width remark distance to said original swath width to produce a modified swath width;
re-generating, using said EPC, at least one of said generated swath paths with said modified swath width in place of said original swath width; and
controlling a steering direction of said vehicle based on said at least one re-generated swath path.
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Abstract
A method for altering a swath path of a vehicle includes the steps of: loading a base swath path and an original swath width into a memory of the vehicle; generating a plurality of swath paths from the base swath path and the original swath width, each of the generated swath paths defining at least two geographic locations; measuring a current geographic location of the vehicle; determining a difference between the current geographic location and a geographic location of a swath path nearest to the current geographic location; determining a number of swath paths that the generated swath path nearest to the current geographic location is subsequent to the base swath path; dividing the difference by the determined number of swath paths to produce a swath width remark distance; and adding the swath width remark distance to the original swath width to produce a modified swath width.
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1. A method for altering a swath pattern of a vehicle, comprising the steps of:
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loading a base swath path and an original swath width into a memory of said vehicle; generating a plurality of swath paths from said base swath path and said original swath width, each of said generated swath paths defining at least two geographic locations; measuring, using a location sensor, a current geographic location of said vehicle; determining, using an electrical processing circuit (EPC) coupled to said memory and to said location sensor, a difference between said current geographic location and a geographic location of a generated swath path nearest to said current geographic location; determining, using said EPC, a number of swath paths that said generated swath path nearest to said current geographic location is subsequent to said base swath path; dividing, using said EPC, said difference by said determined number of swath paths to produce a swath width remark distance; and adding, using said EPC, said swath width remark distance to said original swath width to produce a modified swath width; re-generating, using said EPC, at least one of said generated swath paths with said modified swath width in place of said original swath width; and controlling a steering direction of said vehicle based on said at least one re-generated swath path. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An agricultural vehicle, comprising:
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a chassis; at least one farm implement carried by said chassis; a memory carried by said chassis, said memory having a base swath path and an original swath width programmed therein; a location sensor carried by said chassis and operable to measure a current geographic location; and an electronic processing circuit (EPC) carried by said chassis and coupled to said memory and said location sensor, said EPC being operable to; generate a plurality of swath paths from said base swath path and said original swath width, each of said generated swath paths defining at least two geographic locations; determine a difference between said current geographic location and a geographic location of a generated swath path nearest to said current geographic location; determine a number of swath paths that said generated swath path nearest to said current geographic location is subsequent to said base swath path; divide said difference by said determined number of swath paths to produce a swath width remark distance; and add said swath width remark distance to said original swath width to produce a modified swath width. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for altering a swath pattern of a vehicle, comprising the steps of:
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loading a base swath path and an original swath width into a memory of said vehicle; generating a plurality of swath paths from said base swath path and said original swath width, each of said generated swath paths defining at least two geographic locations; inputting a swath width remark distance into said memory; adding, using an electrical processing circuit (EPC) coupled to said memory, said swath width remark distance to said original swath width to produce a modified swath width; re-generating, using said EPC, at least one of said generated swath paths using said modified swath width in place of said original swath width; and controlling a steering direction of said vehicle based on said at least one re-generated swath path. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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