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Agricultural baler control system

  • US 9,930,834 B2
  • Filed: 05/10/2016
  • Issued: 04/03/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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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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