501 results about "Agricultural work" patented technology

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 a route planning system (50) which is designed and configured to create the route plan (51a,b) of a forage harvesting process chain (13), wherein the forage harvesting process chain (13) comprises a plurality of agricultural machines (31) which perform a forage harvesting process (1) in a predetermined sequence, wherein the forage harvesting process (1) comprises successive process steps (2) and each process step (2) is performed by a number of the plurality of agricultural machines (31), and the route planning system (50) is further designed and configured to generate a common route plan (51a, 51b, 52) for the agricultural machines (31) of the forage harvesting process chain (13) and / or an individualized route plan (51a, 51b, 53) for each agricultural machine (31).

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 provides a wearable multi-element synergistic plant growth monitoring device and system, and relates to the technical field of plant cultivation. The device comprises a gas sensing module for detecting gas information of a surrounding environment of a plant, a laser sensing module for detecting the diameter of a plant stem, an electrochemical sensing module for collecting juice of a target plant and obtaining biological information of the target plant based on the juice, and a central control module for coordinating and controlling actions of multiple modules, the diameter of the stem of the target plant is obtained through the laser sensing module, and the biological information is collected through the electrochemical sensing module after the gas information and / or the diameter of the stem reach the preset judgment condition, so that the multiple modules work cooperatively, key detection nodes are concerned, the plant growth monitoring precision and the effectiveness of the detection result are improved, and the detection efficiency is improved. The precision and efficiency of planting in agricultural work are improved, and improvements such as yield increase, quality improvement and energy conservation are achieved.

An agricultural operation evaluation system for an agricultural work vehicle includes an offboard device configured to collect offboard feedback associated with the agricultural operation and location information; and a controller. The controller is configured to receive the offboard feedback and the location information for the offboard feedback from the offboard device; determine at least one offboard input parameter from the offboard feedback; receive machine data including at least one onboard input parameter and location information for the least one onboard input parameter; correlate the at least one offboard input parameter and the at least one onboard input parameter based on the location information for the at least one offboard input parameter and the location information for the at least one onboard input parameter; and determine one or more vehicle adjustments based on the correlated at least one offboard input parameter and at least one onboard input parameter.

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 computer implemented method includes obtaining historical operation data relative to a plurality of historical operations, the historical operation data including historical machine data, historical worksite data, historical productivity data, and historical logistics data; obtaining current operation data relative to an underway or upcoming operation, the current operation data including current machine data and current worksite data; generating, based on the obtained historical operation data and the obtained current operation data, an operation plan output relative to the underway or upcoming operation, the operation plan output including one or more of: (i) one or more machine routes; (ii) one or more sub-operation locations; (iii) one or more operation plan maps; or a combination of (i), (ii), and (iii); and generating control signals to control one or more mobile agricultural work machines based on the operation plan output.

An agricultural system includes one or more processors and memory storing instructions executable by the one or more processors. The instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, configure the agricultural system to: obtain an image captured by an imaging device during an agricultural operation performed by an agricultural work machine, the image indicating a characteristic; segment the image to generate a segmented image having a plurality of cells and selectively size each cell of the plurality of cells according to one or more cell size criteria; determine one or more values of the characteristic based on the segmented image; and control an operating parameter of the agricultural work machine based, at least, on the one or more values of the characteristic.

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.

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.

Historical and seasonal data is obtained by an agricultural work machine. The historical data provides historical values of agricultural characteristics, which may or may not be geolocated, and the seasonal data provides seasonal values of agricultural characteristics corresponding to a current season. A predictive map generator generates a predictive map that predicts an agricultural characteristic, such as crop state, at different locations in the field based on a relationship between the historical values of agricultural characteristics in the historical data and based on the seasonal values of agricultural characteristics in the seasonal data at those different locations. The predictive map can be output and used in automated machine control.

A route planning system configured to create a route plan of a forage harvesting process chain. The forage harvesting process chain comprises a plurality of agricultural work machines which perform a forage harvesting process in a predetermined order. The forage harvesting process comprises successive process steps with each process step being performed by a number of the plurality of agricultural work machines. The route planning system is further configured to generate a common route plan for the plurality of agricultural work machines of the forage harvesting process chain and / or an individualized route plan for each agricultural work machine of the plurality of agricultural work machines.

The invention relates to an agricultural machine (1) comprising a driver assistance system (45) which is designed and configured to automatically monitor and adjust working parameters (44, 50a..i) and quality parameters (49, 49a) of the agricultural machine (1), wherein a process model (47) comprising characteristic curve fields (48) is assigned to the driver assistance system (45) and the optimization method (65) implemented by the driver assistance system (45) is designed as a characteristic curve control (69) and the optimization method (65) generates optimized working parameters (44, 50a..i) as a control variable (51) and the driver assistance system (45) adjusts the working parameters (44, 50a..i) depending on the optimized working parameters (44, 50a..i).i) the quality parameters (49,49a) of the agricultural machinery (1) are determined, wherein the process model (47) is designed as a dynamic nonlinear process model (59) in such a way that the dynamic nonlinear process model (59) comprises a static process model component (60) and a dynamic process model component (61), wherein at least the manipulated variables (51) in the static process model component (60) undergo an optimization step (52) and in the dynamic process model component (61) undergo a control loop structure (62).

The invention relates to a route planning system (50) which is designed and configured to create the route plan (51a,b) of a forage harvesting process chain (13), wherein the forage harvesting process chain (13) comprises a plurality of agricultural machines (31) which perform a forage harvesting process (1) in a predetermined sequence, wherein the forage harvesting process (1) comprises successive process steps (2) and each process step (2) is performed by a number of the plurality of agricultural machines (31), and the route planning system (50) is further designed and configured to generate a common route plan (51a, 51b, 52) for the agricultural machines (31) of the forage harvesting process chain (13) and / or an individualized route plan (51a, 51b, 53) for each agricultural machine (31).

An agricultural system includes: one or more sensors, remotely positionable from and communicably coupled to an agricultural work machine, configured to detect one or more machine operating effect attributes and generate sensor data indicative of the detected one or more machine operating effect attributes; a display screen; one or more processors; and memory storing instructions executable by the one or more processors. The instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: obtain the sensor data; and generate, based on the sensor data, an interface on the display screen, the interface indicating a location of each machine operating effect attribute of the detected one or more machine operating effect attributes relative to the agricultural work machine.

An agricultural machine assembly with a driver assistance system. The agricultural machine assembly includes the driver assistance system, and an agricultural work machine and an attachment adapted to the agricultural work machine and designed as an agricultural baler. The agricultural work machine and the attachment each comprise working units which may be actuated for setting parameters (P). The driver assistance system optimizes operation and is configured to form a work machine setting device and a baler setting device. The work machine setting device and the baler setting device are configured to optimize the mode of operation of the agricultural work machine and the agricultural baler depending on each other.

The invention relates to a towed agricultural working machine (10) for tilling the soil and / or for spreading agricultural material, comprising a frame structure (16) which has a pulling device (18) on a front side and a chassis (20) on a rear side, wherein the pulling device (18) is configured to absorb an operating tractive force (FZ) of a tractor in the direction of travel (VR) and / or to transfer an operating support load (FS) of the working machine (10) to the tractor, wherein the chassis (20) has at least two support devices (22) which are provided for transferring an operating wheel load (FR) of the working machine (10) to the ground, and wherein a coupling device (24) is arranged on the frame structure (16) on the rear side, on which coupling device a soil tilling and / or sowing device (12; 14) having a support frame (26) is received.To optimise the weight distribution, the working machine (10) is characterised by a support wheel device (40) arranged at the rear of the soil tillage and / or sowing device (12; 14). The invention also relates to a method for shifting weight on a towed agricultural working machine (10).

The invention discloses a facility agriculture voice interaction system based on a large model, and relates to the technical field of voice interaction. Comprising a voice signal acquisition and enhancement module, a voice recognition and semantic standardization processing module, a feature extraction and emergency degree quantification module, an intelligent evaluation and emergency instruction judgment module and a priority scheduling and response execution module, voice signals are continuously monitored through a multi-microphone array of the wearable terminal, the direction of a voice source is enhanced by using a far-field beam forming technology, the signals are processed through a time domain / frequency domain noise reduction algorithm, and finally voice streams are cached in real time with millisecond-level sampling precision. Through the multi-microphone array and far-field beam forming technology, voice capture is optimized, noise is reduced, real-time voice recognition and semantic analysis of the edge server are combined, the priority of emergency instructions is quantified, it is ensured that resources are rapidly scheduled to process emergency tasks, the agricultural production efficiency is improved, and crop losses are reduced.

An agricultural work machine comprising at least one blower (40) for pneumatically actuating one or more conveying lines and / or for conveying material to be distributed, and a hydraulic system (1) for hydraulically actuating and / or operating one or more consumers (21A-21D), wherein the hydraulic system (1) has at least one hydraulic displacement unit (30) provided for driving the blower (40). In order to design an agricultural work machine such that the hydraulic system (1) is further simplified on the one hand and even more efficient on the other, it is provided that the displacement unit (30) is designed in the manner of an adjustable drive, preferably an adjustable motor or a variable displacement pump, with an adjustable displacement volume, which is coupled to the blower (40) in a mechanical and force-transmitting manner.

A system and method for executing a work process using a planning system. A planning system comprises a user interface, a communication unit, a computing unit and a memory unit. The planning system is configured to generate a plan for executing an agricultural work process or at least one sub-process included in the work process and transmitting it to an autonomous agricultural work machine configured for the execution for controlling, regulating and / or parameterizing the autonomous work machine and at least one attachment configured to the work machine. The planning system is configured to retrieve and use data saved in at least one database in order to generate the plan for the operation of the autonomous work machine, which data are working-machine-specific, attachment-specific and field-specific parameters, and ambient and environmental parameters available at the time of the generation of the plan, and to output the plan via the user interface.

A crawler drive for an agricultural work machine, comprising front and rear main wheels, front and rear main frames associated with each respective main wheel, two support wheels, a running belt surrounding the two main wheels, and an articulation point through which the crawler drive is pivotably connected to a body of the agricultural work machine. The two main frames are coupled to one another to pivot about a common pivot axle, the support wheels are arranged on a common support frame, and the support frame is pivotably connected to the front main frame via a support wheel swing arm. The crawler drive further comprises a damping device with at least one piston-cylinder unit and hydraulically acting pressure device. The piston-cylinder unit is coupled at a swing arm end to the support wheel swing arm and at a frame end to the rear main frame.

An agricultural system includes one or more processors and memory storing instructions executable by the one or more processors, that, when executed, cause the agricultural system to: obtain first sensed data representative of one or more performance parameters; generate a command to adjust, by a first adjustment value, an operational parameter of the agricultural work machine; obtain second sensed data representative of the one or more performance parameters, the first sensed data generated prior to the adjustment and the second sensed data generated after the adjustment; compare the one or more performance parameters of the agricultural work machine, represented by the first sensor data, to the one or more performance parameters of the agricultural work machine, represented by the second sensor data; generate a threshold target value for use in adjusting the operational parameter based on the comparison; and control the agricultural work machine based on the threshold target value.

The present invention is applicable to the technical field of agricultural machinery, and provides a combined agricultural seeder and a sowing method, including a sowing component, in which a mixing component is slidably fitted; the sowing component includes a sowing piece and two partition pieces slidably arranged inside the sowing piece, and the mixing component includes a reciprocating piece slidably fitted inside the sowing piece, a rotating piece rotatably fitted on the top of the sowing piece, and a stirring piece snap-fitted on the rotating piece. The device solves the problem of being able to achieve the mixing degree between seeds and anti-bird predation drugs and the intermittent feeding process during use without adding an additional power source, while preventing the sown seeds from being eaten by birds, it can also prevent the one-time large-scale feeding process from causing blockage or jamming to the interior of the seeder, thereby improving the seed germination rate and sowing efficiency, and bringing certain convenient technical effects to agricultural workers.

To provide an earthing-up plate related to an agricultural work machine capable of leveling a field surface by returning a proper amount of soil to travel marks.SOLUTION: An earthing-up body M comprises: an earthing-up plate 42 that moves soil to a travel mark A formed by a traveling machine body 1; a pivot 61 to which the earthing-up plate 42 is attached; a holding member 66 that rotatably holds the pivot 61 to one side and the other side in a horizontal direction; and an operation pin 73 that can project and retreat in a direction intersecting an axial direction of the pivot 61. The holding member 66 comprises: a first lock part 78 that inhibits rotation to one side of the earthing-up plate 42 by having the operation pin 73 projected and locked, and allows rotation to the one side of the earthing-up plate 42 by having retreated with the operation pin 73 retreated; and a second lock member 79 that inhibits rotation to the other side of the earthing-up plate 42 by having the operation pin 73 locked.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

An agricultural work machine and a method for operating an agricultural work machine. The agricultural work machine, which may comprise a combine harvester or forage harvester, may include a visualization device configured to display image data and process data, a monitoring device with a camera system for detecting fields of view in the surroundings of the agricultural work machine, a cleaning system to clean the camera system, and a data processing unit. The data processing unit is configured to generate context-relevant process data of the agricultural work machine and image data based on the detected fields of view. The cameras of the camera system may be attached to at least one support structure of the agricultural work machine and with fixed spatial assignment to one another.

A cooling system of an agricultural work vehicle includes a cooling unit including a radiator and configured to perform cooling operation, and a coupling unit rotatably coupling the cooling unit to an inner side wall of an engine room. The coupling unit comprises a hinge part provided on a first side surface of the cooling unit and rotatably coupled to a first inner side wall of the engine room; and a locking part provided on a second side surface of the cooling unit and separably coupled to a second inner side wall of the engine room, wherein when the locking part is separated from the second inner side wall of the engine room, the cooling unit is rotatable on the hinge part.

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.

An agricultural system includes: a sensor system communicably coupled to and remotely positionable from an agricultural work machine at a worksite, the sensor system configured to detect one or more attributes in one or more measurement areas lateral of the agricultural work machine and generate sensor data indicative of the detected one or more attributes in the one or more measurement areas lateral of the agricultural work machine; one or more processors; and memory storing instructions, executable by the one or more processors. The instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: obtain the sensor data; identify the one or more attributes in the one or more measurement areas lateral of the agricultural work machine; and generate a control signal based on the identified one or more attributes in the one or more measurement areas lateral of the agricultural work machine.

Provided is a harvester configured to effect a work-performing traveling for harvesting agricultural products in a field while traveling in the field autonomously. This harvester includes a traveling device effecting the work-performing traveling, a machine body supported to the traveling device, a harvesting section supported to a front portion of the machine body and harvesting the products in the field, an imaging device provided at a front portion of the machine body and at a position higher than the harvesting section so as to view down a product present in an un-worked area located forwardly of the harvesting section, a detecting section detecting abnormality in the field from an image imaged by the imaging device, and a controlling section executing an abnormality situation control as a control in accordance with the abnormality detected in the field.

An agricultural system includes a sink region sensor configured to collect information regarding a sink region within the field; a vehicle sensor configured to collect information regarding current vehicle weight when proximate to the sink region within the field; and a controller. The controller includes processor and memory architecture executing control logic to: receive the sink region information and extract sink region characteristics; receive the current vehicle weight; determine a potential soil compaction impact of the agricultural work vehicle traversing the sink region in view of the sink region characteristics and the current vehicle weight; and generate commands associated with a sink region prescription to address the sink region at a later time when the potential soil compaction impact exceeds a sink region constraint; and generate commands to proceed along the default path when the potential soil compaction impact does not exceed the sink region constraint.