Control system and method for a suspended boom sprayer
First Claim
1. A control system for a suspended boom sprayer of a vehicle, comprising:
- a first and second sensors, each configured to be disposed on respective first and second boom wings of the suspended boom sprayer and to provide an output responsive to a rotation of the first and second boom wings caused by a disturbance torque;
a processor, configured to determine a differential acceleration between the first and second boom wings based on the outputs of the respective sensors, and to determine the disturbance torque corresponding to the differential acceleration; and
at least one actuator, controllable to move one or both of the first and second boom wings in order to counter the disturbance torque.
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Abstract
A control system for a suspended boom sprayer of a vehicle comprises: first and second sensors each configured to be disposed on respective first and second boom wings of the suspended boom sprayer and to provide an output responsive to a rotation of the first and second wings caused by a disturbance torque; a processor, configured to determine a differential acceleration between the first and second wings based on the outputs of the respective sensors, and to determine the disturbance torque corresponding to the differential acceleration; and at least one actuator, controllable to move one or both of the first and second wings in order to counter the disturbance torque.
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1. A control system for a suspended boom sprayer of a vehicle, comprising:
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a first and second sensors, each configured to be disposed on respective first and second boom wings of the suspended boom sprayer and to provide an output responsive to a rotation of the first and second boom wings caused by a disturbance torque; a processor, configured to determine a differential acceleration between the first and second boom wings based on the outputs of the respective sensors, and to determine the disturbance torque corresponding to the differential acceleration; and at least one actuator, controllable to move one or both of the first and second boom wings in order to counter the disturbance torque. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of controlling a suspended boom sprayer of a vehicle, comprising:
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receiving a first and second sensor outputs which are responsive to a rotation of respective first and second boom wings of the suspended boom sprayer caused by a disturbance torque; determining a differential acceleration between the first and second wings based on the outputs of the respective sensors; determining the disturbance torque corresponding to the differential acceleration; and moving at least one of the first and second boom wings in order to counter the disturbance torque. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer program instructions for controlling a suspended boom sprayer, the computer program instructions, when executed on a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
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receiving a first and second sensor outputs which are responsive to a rotation of respective first and second boom wings of the suspended boom sprayer caused by a disturbance torque; determining a differential acceleration between the first and second wings based on the outputs of the respective sensors; determining the disturbance torque corresponding to the differential acceleration; and moving at least one of the first and second boom wings in order to counter the disturbance torque. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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