7568results about "Mowers" patented technology

A battery pack includes a battery housing; a battery module disposed in the battery housing, where the battery module includes multiple battery cells, and at least one of the battery cells is a solid-state battery; and a control circuit disposed in the battery housing and configured to use the battery module to supply the electric power to the power tool. The energy W of the battery pack and the volume V1 of the battery pack satisfy the following: when the energy W is greater than or equal to 200 Wh, the volume V1 is less than or equal to 400 cm3; or when the energy W is greater than or equal to 300 Wh, the volume V1 is less than or equal to 800 cm3; or when the energy W is greater than or equal to 700 Wh, the volume V1 is less than or equal to 2500 cm3.

A deck plate sensing system for a corn harvester having a sensing unit. The sensing unit having a sensor and a magnet associated with a row unit of the corn harvester. The magnet and sensor are configured to measure a distance between the magnet and the magnetic sensor and apply a calibration to determine a relative distance between an adjustable deck plate and a fixed deck plate.

A header height sensor and adjustment system capable of differentiating between the ground and object above the ground. The system is able to differentiate between lodged / downed stalks and the ground. The system includes one or more non-contact sensors, such as Time-of-Flight (ToF) sensor and / or radar sensors. The system may optionally include a contact sensor. The disclosed header height sensor and adjustment system is able to automatically or semi-automatically adjust the height of the header in response to detected objects and terrain in order to maximize yield (e.g., lowering to harvest lodged stalks) and avoid header damage (e.g., raising to avoid debris or contour terrain).

A header of a harvester includes a header segment, a center section, an actuator coupling the header segment to the center section, and a controller. The header segment includes a cutter bar configured to cut crops and the header segment includes a first portion of a conveyor assembly. The center section includes a second portion of the conveyor assembly, in which the center section is configured to receive crops from the header segment via the first portion of the conveyor assembly, and the second portion of the conveyor assembly is configured to transport the received crops to a crop processing system of the harvester. The controller is configured to receive a signal indicative of a target position of the header segment and the controller is configured to control the actuator to adjust the header segment to the target position.

A hitch point where a receiving vehicle is coupled to a following vehicle is located relative to a leading vehicle. The trajectory or route of the following vehicle is detected and a dynamic model estimates a location of a receiving area in the receiving vehicle relative to the leading vehicle based on the trajectory or route of the following vehicle and the location of the hitch point relative to the leading vehicle.

A grain loss detector disposed on a combine harvester to detect grain loss within crop material being discharged by a separating or cleaning stage component of combine harvester while harvesting a crop. The grain loss detector includes at sensor generating sensor data output. A computing device receives the sensor data output for processing via software which compares the sensor data output against crop data characteristics to identify any grain kernels from among material other than grain. In one embodiment the sensor is a camera and the generated sensor data output is a digital image frame capturing the grain kernels and material other than grain passing the camera.

An automated grain filling system including a sensor and a processor. The sensor is configured to detect at least a portion of an upper perimeter of a receiving container and at least a portion of an upper surface of a grain mound in the receiving container. The processor is configured to compare the detected portion of the upper perimeter and the detected portion of the upper surface, and direct the operation of a grain transfer element. The grain transfer element is configured to transfer grain from a supplying container to the receiving container. The directed operation of the grain transfer element is based at least in part on a result of the comparison of the detected portion of the upper perimeter and the detected portion of the upper surface.

A drive unit adapted for use in farm equipment includes a first transceiver and a processing module. The processing module is configured to receive first data from the farm equipment, including sensor data and / or controller data, and integrate the received first data with additional second data indicating an agricultural prescription for a geographic region to form agricultural data. The processing module is also configured to apply one or more spatial filter constraints and temporal filter constraints to the agricultural data and then compute, from the filtered agricultural data, a difference between actual execution of one or more parameters of the agricultural prescription and expected execution of the one or more parameters. The processing module is further configured to, when the difference exceeds a predefined stored threshold, autonomously generate and transmit to a remote computing device, a settings alert to thereby trigger generation of an updated agricultural prescription.

An unloading configuration approval request describes characteristics of an unload operation that is to be performed. The unloading configuration approval request is sent from a material transfer vehicle to a remote system. A user or operator at the remote system can accept, cancel, or modify the unloading configuration approval request. To modify the request, the operator changes unloading parameters and transmits the changed unloading parameters back to the material transfer vehicle. When the unloading configuration approval request is approved at the remote location, the material transfer vehicle performs the unloading operation according to the approved unloading configuration.

An edge trimming tool assembly (1) is disclosed configured to cut vegetation around edge formations (50). The assembly (1) comprises a drive shaft (3) and a trimming tool (5) configured to be rotated around a rotation axis (ax) by the drive shaft (3) such that a radially outer portion (5) of the trimming tool (5) orbits in a circular path (c). The assembly (1) comprises a guard (7) comprising a first guard portion (11) covering a portion of an area (A) formed inside the circular path (c) as seen in a first direction (d1) parallel to the rotation axis (ax) and a second guard portion (12) covering a portion of the area (A) as seen in a second direction (d2) parallel to the rotation axis (ax), wherein the second direction (d2) is opposite to the first direction (d1). The present disclosure further relates to a power tool (2) comprising an edge trimming tool assembly (1).

One or more information maps are obtained by an agricultural work machine. The one or more information maps map one or more agricultural characteristic values at different geographic locations of a field. An in-situ sensor on the agricultural work machine senses an agricultural characteristic as the agricultural work machine moves through the field. A predictive map generator generates a predictive map that predicts a predictive agricultural characteristic at different locations in the field based on a relationship between the values in the one or more information maps and the agricultural characteristic sensed by the in-situ sensor. The predictive map can be output and used in automated machine control.

A material transfer vehicle transfers material to a container. A level of material in the container is detected, and a transfer rate of material from the material transfer vehicle to the container is controlled based upon the detected fill level. The transfer rate can be controlled using a plurality of different configurable unload parameters.

Systems using sensors to monitor spillage of harvested crop. For example, some embodiments include an unloading conveyor configured to transfer agricultural material as well as one or more sensors configured to generate movement information associated with the agricultural material flowing out of the conveyor. Such embodiments can include a computing system, configured to predict an amount of the agricultural material that is likely to flow outside of a targeted area based on the movement information, and in response to the prediction, generate a signal that communicates an alert that the amount of the agricultural material is likely to flow outside of the targeted area or that controls an unloading process to change direction of the flow of the agricultural material to reduce an extent that agricultural material flows outside of the targeted area.

An unloading control system accesses a weight / mass versus position fill profile for an identified container. The unloading control system generates control signals to position the material transfer vehicle so that an initial landing point of material in the container is at a desired positioned based upon the fill profile. The unloading control system generates control signals to unload material into the container according to the weight / mass versus position fill profile and obtains an indicated of the weight / mass of material transferred. The control system generates control signals to control the landing point of material in the container based upon the fill profile and the weight / mass of material transferred.

The present invention discloses a lawn mowing robot and a control method thereof. The lawn mowing robot includes: a lawn mowing element; a fuselage; a driving assembly, a traveling wheel and a motor; a first detection module for detecting the first distance of the lawn mowing robot within one cycle; a second detection module for detecting the motion parameters of the driving assembly within the cycle and calculating the second distance of the lawn mowing robot within the cycle; a fault judgment module for judging whether the difference between the second distance and the first distance is greater than or equal to a first preset value; an execution module for driving the lawn mowing robot to execute a response program; and a control module respectively connected to the fault judgment module and the execution module. Wherein, when the difference between the second distance and the first distance within each of the continuous n1 cycles is greater than or equal to the first preset value, the control module controls the execution module to execute the response program.

A system for removing debris from an agricultural harvester includes a flow splitter supported relative to an outlet of a chopper assembly of the harvester such that the flow splitter at least partially extends within a stream of processed crop material discharged from the chopper assembly. The flow splitter is configured to divide the stream of processed crop material into separate crop material flows for receipt within an extraction chamber of the agricultural harvester.

An electric work vehicle includes a body, a travel device in the body, a motor to drive the travel device, an inverter to supply power to the motor, an electric component, a DC / DC converter to convert a voltage of power to be supplied to the electric component, a radiator to cool coolant, and a cooling path through which the coolant cooled by the radiator circulates through the motor, the inverter, and the DC / DC converter and returns to the radiator. The cooling path extends from the radiator, passes through the inverter, the motor, and the DC / DC converter in this order, and returns to the radiator.

A robot body (100), comprising: a housing (10) and a plurality of functional modules detachably mounted on the housing (10). The plurality of functional modules comprise a driving wheel module (20) used for driving the housing (10) to move, a driven wheel module (30) used for following the movement of the housing (10), a collision module (40) used for performing collision detection, and a cutting module (50) used for mowing. When the functional modules on the robot body require repair or replacement, the functional modules can be individually removed for replacement or repair, thereby reducing the overall maintenance difficulty of the robot body. Also provided is a mowing robot.

The invention provides an installation position recommendation method of a courtyard intelligent sprinkler and a mower control method, and relates to the technical field of sprinklers. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring information of a vegetation coverage area, a movement limited area and a non-movement limited area based on a courtyard map, and performing quantitative judgment on geometric features of the movement limited area to realize accurate identification of a narrow traffic area; when the recommended installation position is determined, the range of the inner side of the movement limited area is excluded, and meanwhile the effective spraying area which can be covered by the installation position of the sprinkler can be maximized. According to the technical scheme, hindering of installation of the sprinkler on a mower or a user passing path can be avoided, and reasonable distribution of water resources can be guaranteed; meanwhile, in combination with the sprinkling irrigation coverage range and lawn mower path planning, cooperative operation of the courtyard intelligent sprinkling irrigation system and the lawn mower is achieved, and the overall efficiency and the intelligent degree of courtyard automation equipment in the operation process are improved.

Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to display acquisition paths. An example apparatus includes a display handler to, in response to a directional condition of an autonomous vehicle satisfying a threshold, render an acquisition path for the autonomous vehicle, the acquisition path specifying a route along which the autonomous vehicle is to travel to acquire a guidance path; and a vehicle condition controller to, in response to determining that a real time display criterion is satisfied, redetermine whether the directional condition of the autonomous vehicle satisfies the threshold to cause the display handler to re-render the acquisition path.

An agricultural harvester has a frame and a spout that is mounted to the frame. A target landing point indicates a position in a receiving vehicle where material is intended to land. A control system detects an actual landing point and automatically controls the spout based on a difference between the actual landing point and the target landing point.

A policy map is obtained that includes of prescribed machine settings values for controlling a machine to perform an operation at different locations in the field. Sensor signals indicating conditions that will be encountered by the machine in the future, as it moves through the site. A predictive model provides an expected machine response, based upon the a future condition and a prescribed machine setting value. Adjusted machine setting value is generated based on the expected machine response. Control signals are generated, based on the adjusted machine setting value, to control a set of controllable subsystems.

Systems using sensors to monitor spillage of harvested crop. For example, some embodiments include an unloading conveyor configured to transfer agricultural material as well as one or more sensors configured to generate movement information associated with the agricultural material flowing out of the conveyor. Such embodiments can include a computing system, configured to predict an amount of the agricultural material that is likely to flow outside of a targeted area based on the movement information, and in response to the prediction, generate a signal that communicates an alert that the amount of the agricultural material is likely to flow outside of the targeted area or that controls an unloading process to change direction of the flow of the agricultural material to reduce an extent that agricultural material flows outside of the targeted area.

Weed seeds are destroyed in the chaff from a combine harvester by primary and secondary destructors where the primary feeds to the secondary. The secondary can use repeated high speed impacts caused by a rotor mounted in one of a pair of side by side housings which accelerate the discarded seeds in a direction centrifugally away from the rotor onto a stator including angularly adjustable stator surfaces around the axis. The primary can also use an impact arrangement of a different and simplified structure or can use another destruction modality such as radiation. The primary is mounted at a transfer device including a transverse auger which carries the chaff and weed seeds from the rear of the sieve to the secondary.

The invention relates to the technical field of safety control, and particularly discloses a safety control method, device and system for a combine harvester, and the method comprises the steps: judging whether the combine harvester meets a starting condition or not based on the position of a handle of the combine harvester, and the rotating speed value, the battery voltage value and the excitation voltage value of an engine of the combine harvester; and after the combine harvester meets the starting condition, if a target control signal of a main clutch of the combine harvester is received, and the combine harvester meets a preset condition corresponding to the target control signal, the main clutch is controlled. The method can effectively solve the potential safety hazard caused by the fact that the vehicle starting condition is judged only by depending on the position of a handle in the prior art, makes up for the defect that multi-dimensional verification is not carried out in combination with the engine state, and can prevent illegal vehicle starting caused by sensor faults or instantaneous misoperation. And meanwhile, the problem that wrong actions are executed when a combination signal is triggered by mistake before the combine harvester is started is avoided, and the operation safety and the equipment reliability of the combine harvester are improved.

A method of operating a mowing system, the method including mowing within a work area, wherein mowing is performed by a robotic lawn mower, and wherein the work area comprises a plurality of base stations each configured to charge the robotic lawn mower; determining when to charge the robotic lawn mower in view of a current charge level and a current location of the robotic lawn mower.

One or more information maps are obtained by an agricultural work machine. The one or more information maps map one or more agricultural characteristic values at different geographic locations of a field. An in-situ sensor on the agricultural work machine senses an agricultural characteristic as the agricultural work machine moves through the field. A predictive map generator generates a predictive map that predicts a predictive agricultural characteristic at different locations in the field based on a relationship between the values in the one or more information maps and the agricultural characteristic sensed by the in-situ sensor. The predictive map can be output and used in automated machine control.

The invention relates to the technical field of agricultural machinery automation, and discloses a multi-modal sensing crop lodging angle detection and self-adaptive cooperative control device, which remarkably improves the crop lodging detection precision and the harvesting operation adaptability through multi-modal sensing data fusion and a self-adaptive cooperative control mechanism. The control parameters are dynamically optimized based on crop biomechanical characteristics, the hysteresis problem of a traditional fixed parameter mode in a complex farmland environment is effectively solved, and precise cooperative adjustment of the header height and the advancing speed is achieved. A multi-source sensor space-time registration technology eliminates data asynchronous deviation, and ensures stable operation of the system under severe conditions of strong illumination, high humidity and the like. A high-frequency fine adjustment mechanism reduces secondary damage to lodging crops in the harvesting process, and the harvesting efficiency and the crop recovery rate are remarkably improved in combination with an environment disturbance pre-compensation mechanism.

A mobile agricultural machine obtains an agricultural characteristic map indicative of agricultural characteristics of a field, wherein the agricultural characteristic map is based on data collected at or prior to a first time. The mobile agricultural machine obtains supplemental data indicative of characteristics relative to the worksite, the supplemental data collected after the first time. An agricultural characteristic confidence output, indicative of a confidence level in the agricultural characteristics indicated by the agricultural characteristic map, is generated based on the agricultural characteristic map and the supplemental data. In some examples, an action signal is generated to control an action of the mobile agricultural machine based on the agricultural characteristic confidence output.