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Brandon James Newendorp, Cedar Falls, IA US
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
|---|---|---|
| 20090018712 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REMOTELY MONITORING AND CONTROLLING A VEHICLE VIA A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT - A method and system for remotely monitoring and controlling a vehicle comprises a remote user interface for establishing a first model of a work area representative of the real world or an environment around the vehicle. Sensors collect data on a second model of the work area. Each of the sensors is associated with the vehicle. An evaluator determines a material discrepancy between the first model and the second model. A transmitter transmits the material discrepancy to a user remotely separated from the vehicle. A display module displays data from at least one of the first model, the second model and the material discrepancy to a user for resolution or classification of the discrepancy. | 01-15-2009 |
Bruce C. Newendorp, Cedar Falls, IA US
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
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| 20110238269 | Tractor-Implement Control System And Method - An implement is coupled to and pulled by a tractor. The tractor includes ground engaging drive wheels driven by an engine, an operator movable speed command device, and a tractor controller having automatic and manual speed control modes. The implement has an implement control unit coupled to the tractor controller. The implement control unit transmits an implement speed request signal to the tractor controller. The tractor controller controls tractor motion in response to operation of the speed command device and the implement speed request signal. A system and method of controlling the tractor/implement combination includes generating an Operator Speed Limit value as a function of the speed command device, comparing the Operator Speed Limit value to the implement speed request signal, and automatically exiting the automatic speed control mode and enabling the manual speed control mode if the Operator Speed Limit remains greater than the implement speed request for the duration of a predetermined time period and if the Operator Speed Limit value has been increased. | 09-29-2011 |
Bruce Craig Newendorp, Cedar Falls, IA US
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
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| 20080302593 | VEHICLE WITH COORDINATED ACKERMAN AND DIFFERENTIAL STEERING - The invention relates to a vehicle with coordinated steering. There is a need for a vehicle wherein Ackerman steered front wheels are coordinated with differentially steered and driven rear wheels. Such a vehicle includes Ackerman steerable front wheels and differentially driven left and right rear wheels. A steered wheel angle sensor is coupled to the front wheels and generates a steered wheel angle value. A front steering unit steers the front wheels and a differential drive unit drives the rear wheels. A control unit is coupled to the steering input sensor, to the steered wheel angle sensor, and to the front steering unit and the differential drive unit. The control unit generates the front steering control signal and the rear drive/steering control signal, and coordinates the steering operation of the front wheels with the differential steering/driving of the rear wheels. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20110112729 | TRACTOR-IMPLEMENT CONTROL SYSTEM METHOD - A tractor comprises a tractor frame, driven ground engaging means, and an electronic tractor controller. A baler comprises a baler frame coupled or connected to the tractor frame, a crop receiving means, a baling chamber, a bale size sensor associated with the baling chamber, and an electronic baler controller. The baler controller is operable to submit a halt signal to the tractor controller when a bale size signal provided by the bale size sensor indicates that a bale has reached a size equal to or exceeding a first predetermined size. A control method includes the baler controller generating a tractor halt signal in response to certain conditions of the baler system and the tractor controller preventing tractor motion in response to the halt signal. The method also includes, when the baler controller is generating the halt signal, enabling motion of the tractor if the operator issues a command for the tractor to move by manipulating the command device, and within a certain time period of said command being issued, the baler controller generates a tractor motion enabling signal in response a status of the baler system. The method further includes, when the baler controller is generating the halt signal, enabling motion of the tractor if the operator moves the tractor command device in a special manner. | 05-12-2011 |