Agricultural baler control system
First Claim
1. An agricultural material baling system comprising:
- a bale forming component configured to form a bale of agricultural material from a terrain; and
a control system configured to;
determine that the bale is to be released from the baling system onto the terrain;
determine that a current location of the baling system on the terrain has a slope above a threshold;
access position-referenced terrain slope data that indicates a slope of the terrain at a plurality of locations along the terrain;
based on the position-referenced terrain slope data and the threshold, determine a different location, that is spaced apart from the current location, for releasing the bale onto the terrain; and
provide an output indicative of the different location.
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Abstract
An agricultural material baling system comprises, in one example, a bale forming component configured to form a bale of agricultural material from a terrain, and a control system configured to determine that the bale is to be released from the baling system onto the terrain, determine that a current location of the baling system has a slope above a threshold, determine a different location, that is spaced apart from the current location, for releasing the bale onto the terrain, and provide an output indicative of the different location. In one example, the control system is configured to receive yield data indicative of a volume of agricultural material in a path of the baler and to control the baling system based on the yield data. In one example, the yield data is obtained from a raking operation that rakes the agricultural material into a windrow.
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20 Claims
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1. An agricultural material baling system comprising:
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a bale forming component configured to form a bale of agricultural material from a terrain; and a control system configured to; determine that the bale is to be released from the baling system onto the terrain; determine that a current location of the baling system on the terrain has a slope above a threshold; access position-referenced terrain slope data that indicates a slope of the terrain at a plurality of locations along the terrain; based on the position-referenced terrain slope data and the threshold, determine a different location, that is spaced apart from the current location, for releasing the bale onto the terrain; and provide an output indicative of the different location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An agricultural material baling system comprising:
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a bale forming component configured to form a bale of agricultural material from a terrain; a bale accumulator; and a control system configured to; obtain terrain slope information indicative of a slope of the terrain at a plurality of locations, determine that the bale is to be released from the baling system onto the terrain, determine that a current location of the baling system has a slope above a threshold calculate a different location, that is spaced apart from the current location, for releasing the bale onto the terrain, wherein the different location is determined based on; a slope of the different location, identified from the terrain slope information, relative to the threshold, and an expected completion time of a next bale in the bale forming component; provide an output indicative of the different location. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. A computer-implemented method of determining a bale releasing location, comprising:
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receiving an indication that a bale within a bale forming component of an agricultural baling system is ready to be released onto a terrain; determining that a current location of the baling system on the terrain has a slope above a threshold; accessing position-referenced terrain slope data that indicates a slope of the terrain at a plurality of locations along the terrain; based on the position-referenced terrain slope data and the threshold, determining a different location, that is spaced apart from the current location, for releasing the bale onto the terrain; determining a route for the baling system from the current location to the different location; and generating an output indicative of the determined route. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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