Agricultural system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11435188-B2
Application number	US-201816612571-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 9, 2018
Priority date	May 9, 2017
Publication date	Sep 6, 2022
Grant date	Sep 6, 2022

Abstract

A system including: a controller configured to: receive bale-location-data representative of the location of a plurality of bales in a field; receive bale-property-data representative of one or more physical properties of each of the plurality of bales; and determine bale-pick-up-data based on the bale-location-data and the bale-property-data. The bale-pick-up-data is associated with an operation to pick up the bales from the field.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A system comprising:
a controller carrying out an agricultural method, the method including the steps of:
receiving bale-location-data representative of a location of a plurality of bales in a field;
receiving bale-property-data representative of one or more physical properties of each of the plurality of bales;
determining bale-pick-up-data based on the bale-location-data and the bale-property-data; and
deriving bale-arrangement-data and including the bale-arrangement-data in the bale-pick-up-data,

wherein the bale-pick-up-data is utilized in an operation that picks up the bales from the field, and the bale-arrangement-data is representative of how the bales should be arranged when each bale is picked up.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the bale-property-data comprises bale-dimension-data, which is representative of a physical size or shape of the each bale.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the bale-property-data comprises bale-density-data, which is representative of a density of crop material in the each bale.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the bale-property-data comprises bale-weight-data, which is representative of a weight of the each bale.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the bale-property-data comprises bale-quality-data, which is representative of a quality-score of the each bale.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the bale-property-data comprises one or more of:
bale-moisture-data, which is representative of a moisture-level of the each bale;
bale-crop-type-data, which is representative of a type of crop that is included in the each bale;
bale-temperature-data, which is representative of a temperature of the each bale;
bale-stalk-length-data, which is representative of a length of crop stalks in the each bale;
bale-time-data, which is representative of one or both of a start and end timestamp of creation of the each bale; and
bale-production-data, which is representative of one or more production parameters used for producing the each bale.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the bale-pick-up-data comprises pick-up-route-plan-data that is representative of an order in which the bales should be picked up.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the pick-up-route-plan-data comprises an ordered sequence of bale-pick-up-locations that correspond to locations of the plurality bales in the field.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the controller is configured to determine the ordered sequence based on the bale-property-data.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the bale-property-data comprises bale-quality-data, and wherein the controller is configured to determine the ordered sequence based on an order list of the bales from high quality to low quality.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the bale-pick-up-data comprises bale-arrangement-data, which is representative of how the bales should be arranged when they are picked up.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the controller is configured to determine the bale-arrangement-data such that bales with associated bale-property-data are positioned adjacent to each other.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the bale-arrangement-data comprises:
for each of the plurality of bales: trailer-position-data, which is representative of a position for the each bale on a trailer.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the controller is configured to determine the trailer-position-data such that bales with predetermined properties are positioned in predetermined positions on the trailer.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the controller is configured to apply one or more trailer-position-criteria to the bale-property-data in order to determine the bale-arrangement-data.

16. An agricultural method carried out by and agricultural system, the method comprising the steps of:
receiving bale-location-data representative of a location of a plurality of bales in a field by a controller of the system;
receiving bale-property-data representative of one or more physical properties of each of the plurality of bales by the controller;
determining bale-pick-up-data based on the bale-location-data and the bale-property-data; and
deriving bale-arrangement-data and including the bale-arrangement-data in the bale-pick-up-data, picking up the bales in the field dependent upon the bale-pick-up-data, and the bale-arrangement-data is representative of how the bales should be arranged when each bale is picked up based upon the bale-property-data.

Assignees

• Cnh Ind America Llc

Inventors

• Boydens Joachim
• Debbaut Thomas
• Verhaeghe Didier
• VERMEULEN Brecht

Classifications

• G06Q50/02

  Agriculture; Fishing; Forestry; Mining · CPC title

• G01C21/3407

  specially adapted for specific applications · CPC title

• G01N33/0098

  Plants or trees (wood G01N33/46) · CPC title

• G06Q10/04 Primary

  Forecasting or optimisation specially adapted for administrative or management purposes, e.g. linear programming or "cutting stock problem" (market predictions or forecasting for commercial activities G06Q30/0202) · CPC title

• H04W24/02

  Arrangements for optimising operational condition · CPC title