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20130008324 | SQUARE BALER COMPRISING A CONTROL SYSTEM - The square baler comprises a control system which is operative to determine a desired value for at least one operating parameter based on the inputted operating parameters and the sensor measurements, determine if an operating parameter deviates from its desired value and display to the operator a recommended change to this operating parameter in order to restore this operating parameter to its desired value. | 01-10-2013 |
20130042770 | Square Baler and a Related Control Method - A square baler comprising a controller for controlling the operation of the baler in dependence on the first, second and third signals representing the mass of a bale, the force of the piston of the baler, the energization of the actuator respectively and an input target value for the mass of the bale wherein the first signal is fed back in a first control loop and compared with the target weight to generate a target force, the second signal is fed in a second control loop and compared with the target force to generate a target energization, the third signal is fed in a third control loop and compared with the target energization to control the energization of the actuator. | 02-21-2013 |
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20090312919 | System and method employing short range communications for establishing performance parameters of an exemplar agricultural machine among a plurality of like-purpose agricultural machines - A system and method for enabling the communication to and establishment among a plurality of generally like and like-purpose agricultural machines designed to perform generally similar agricultural operations within a given area generally like performance parameters, especially based upon the performance parameters of a particular agricultural machine that is considered or deemed to be the expert or exemplar machine, which system and method employ short range communications systems included in or associated with the operating systems of the individual agricultural machines to effect the distribution of the exemplar performance parameters to the plurality of agricultural machines, through a peer-to-peer wireless network between and among the plurality of agricultural machines for point-to-point communications, for use by the individual agricultural machines in controlling and performing the agricultural operation. | 12-17-2009 |
20100042297 | System and method employing short range communications for communicating and exchanging operational and logistical status information among a plurality of agricultural machines - A system, and method of use thereof, for enabling short range intercommunication and the exchange of logistical information between and among a plurality of authorized agricultural machines that are designed to be operable in conjunction with one another to effect, as a specific identified group, a given agricultural operation, including a plurality of individual agricultural machines each of which has a communications control portion operable to transmit and receive short distance communications signals and each of which also has authentication credentials associated therewith establishing such machine's entitlement to share in the logistical information and to be considered and treated as a member of the specific identified group involved in the performance of the given agricultural operation, with such individual agricultural machines, when positioned in range of the short distance communications signals of the individual agricultural machines, forming a peer-to-peer network in which such individual agricultural machines are joined as group members and are operable to effect the distribution over a wireless bus of the peer-to-peer network of logistical information of a group member of such network. | 02-18-2010 |
20100070145 | System and method employing short range communications for interactively coordinating unloading operations between a harvester and a grain transport - A system, and method of use thereof, that employs short distance communications signals, thereby limiting and localizing the dissemination area for such signals, for interactively coordinating crop material transfer operations between a harvester and a grain transport, including the automated conduct of an unloading operation, including commencement of the actual unloading of the grain through continuation of such unloading to termination of such unloading, which system and method of the present invention employs operating systems in the harvester and grain transport that so operate to become electronically linked to one another to thereafter operate in unison with one another to effect and control the conduct of the crop material transfer operation between the harvester and grain transport, with each of such operating systems having associated therewith a short range communications system for the transmission and receipt at close range of electronic data signals, such operating systems, when appropriately electronically linked to one another, being operable in conjunction with one another to exchange information, to maintain a communications link therebetween, and to automatedly coordinate and effect various activities of the harvester and grain transport as a crop material transfer operation is effected and proceeds. | 03-18-2010 |
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20090036184 | Biomass cleaner with improvements in crop harvesting machines and related methods - A biomass cleaner, of a harvesting machine, comprises at least a first sieve for sieving biomass and having one or more first sieve apertures that are openable and closeable in dependence on control commands; an air fan the speed of which is adjustable in dependence on control commands; and one or more control devices that generate the said control commands, the first sieve defining a support for biomass that is sieveable via the sieve; and the biomass cleaner including one or more pressure sensors for generating one or more signals that are related to the pressure of air in the vicinity of the biomass. The or each pressure sensor is operatively connected to supply the said signals to a control device that derives therefrom further estimates of the sieve losses and/or the MOG content of the biomass, as defined herein, during operation thereof. | 02-05-2009 |
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20090297040 | Crop particle discrimination methods and apparatus - A method of discriminating between kernel and chaff particles, in crop, using a crop viewing apparatus that includes
| 12-03-2009 |
20130184944 | Method and device for predictive control of agricultural vehicle systems - The present invention provides a method for controlling an agricultural vehicle system when moving along a course of travel over a field. The method comprises:
| 07-18-2013 |
20140090568 | Sensor Arrangement - An agricultural baler having a baling chamber, an intake duct leading into the baling chamber and a stuffer mechanism for transferring slice of crop in the intake duct into the baling chamber, wherein the baler comprises a wall segment positioned substantially in line with an inner wall surface of the baler, the wall segment being suspended from the inner wall surface via at least one load measurement sensor in such a manner that both a load perpendicular to, and a load parallel to the inner wall are derivable | 04-03-2014 |
20140174303 | WEIGHING ROUND BALES - Embodiments relate to weighing a bale formed by a round baler. One or more load cells, but not including load cells at each support of the baler, are used to obtain a measurement of the baler containing the bale and a measurement of the baler empty. Factors related to the slope of the surface on which the baler is located, the size of the bale, and the shape of the bale are used to adjust the measured weight of the bale. | 06-26-2014 |
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20140216280 | SQUARE BALERS - A square baler includes a control system having a closed loop mode of operation in which at least one of the volume of the feeder duct and the threshold pressure of the pressure sensor is varied automatically to maintain the capacity parameter within one of a plurality of desired capacity ranges. The desired capacity range is selected by the control system in such a manner as to maintain the width of each slice in the finished bale within predetermined limits. | 08-07-2014 |
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20140300707 | Method For Directing A Camera System On Agricultural Machinery - An agricultural harvesting machine, equipped with a movable unloading apparatus to transport crop material to a container driven in the vicinity, so that the container, seen from the harvester, has a near upper border and a remote upper border, and wherein a 3D camera is provided on the harvester for capturing images in which at least the near border can be seen, to direct the unloading apparatus based on these images. The camera is rotatable mounted around a substantially horizontal axis. The angle of rotation of the rotatable camera can be arranged such that the near border always remains in the field of view of the camera. The unloading apparatus can be controlled such that the processed crop material is deposited in the container at a predetermined distance from the near border. | 10-09-2014 |
20140311115 | Combine Harvester with a Knife Drum - An agricultural machine suitable for the harvesting of grain-like crops, comprising a header, the header comprising a first cutting device whose position is determined by the adjustable height of the header, and a second cutting device, comprising a knife drum that is rotatably mounted in a housing, which via rollers or equivalent supports can move over the ground at different heights of the header, and wherein the housing of the knife drum on the back of the header is connected via at least two coupling systems, each of these systems comprising a lower and an upper support arm pivotally connected to the header, and with the housing of the knife drum, whereby the position of the housing remains substantially unaltered by the different height settings of the header. | 10-23-2014 |