276 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

To provide a farm working machine and a farm working method capable of forming a proper ridge.SOLUTION: A working unit (C) that is provided at a position offset to a side of a traveling machine body and performs ridge forming work includes a banking portion (H) that supplies soil excavated by an excavating claw H13 disposed on a rotating rotor shaft H16 to a ridge forming location, a ridge forming portion (D) that is disposed behind the banking portion (H) and presses the banking to form a ridge (P), a cylinder that causes the rotor shaft H13 to protrude and retract relative to the ridge, and a sensor J1 that is capable of measuring distances to ridge side surfaces in front of the banking portion (H). The banking part H is provided with a cylinder for relatively projecting and retracting the rotor shaft side J1 with respect to the levee according to the distances measured by the sensor side H13, and the excavation claw side H16 is attached so as to project in the direction of the levee provided in the banking part D, and moves so as to approach the levee side when the levee side surface in the advancing direction of the agricultural implement advancing along the levee is recessed, and separate from the levee side when the levee side surface in the advancing direction is projected.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

The invention provides an agricultural work device, an agricultural work management system and a program, which can properly manage agricultural work information and can smoothly execute future agricultural work and business based on the utilization of the agricultural work information. A farming device (1) is provided with: a first imaging device; an agricultural work determination unit (34) that determines whether or not to perform agricultural work on an object on the basis of first image information obtained by capturing an image of the object by means of the first image capturing device; a farming execution unit (36) for executing farming on the basis of the determination result of the farming determination unit (34); a farming information generation unit (38) that generates farming information including farming results; a measuring unit that measures the position of the object; and a farming information management unit (40) that manages farming information and position information indicating the measured position.

This utility model relates to the field of agricultural machinery power output technology, and discloses a transmission device for an agricultural work machine, including a power unit and a transmission housing. The power unit is drively connected to the transmission housing. A clutch unit, supported by a power shaft and used to connect or disconnect power transmission, is disposed within the transmission housing. A maintenance port for maintaining the clutch unit is provided on the transmission housing, located on the radial projection side of the clutch unit and / or the axial projection side opposite to the power unit. This facilitates the inspection and maintenance of the clutch unit, allowing for quick disassembly, replacement, and installation.

To provide an agricultural working machine capable of properly leveling soil by determining the condition of the soil.SOLUTION: An agricultural working machine 1 comprises: a leveling body 5 (51, 56) that is vertically swingable and levels soil by contacting the ground; a pressure-adjusting unit 6 that changes the urging force of the leveling body 56 toward the soil; an imaging device C capable of capturing the condition of the soil after leveling above the leveling body 56; and a control unit 101 that determines the condition of the soil based on image information captured by the imaging device C and controls the pressure-adjusting unit 6 to adjust the urging force of the leveling body 5 (51, 56).SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

An agricultural work vehicle equipped with a hydrostatic transmission (HST) is provided. The agricultural work vehicle may comprise: a hydraulic pump including a pump swash plate and supplying a working fluid according to the angle of the pump swash plate; a swash plate control motor for generating power for adjusting the angle of the pump swash plate; an actuator for operating the swash plate shaft of the pump swash plate by using the power generated by the swash plate control motor; a link unit for transmitting the power generated by the swash plate control motor to the actuator; and a control unit for controlling the rotation of the swash plate control motor on the basis of the manipulation state of an HST manipulation unit.

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 header performance attributes, of a header of the agricultural work machine, and generate sensor data indicative of the detected one or more header performance attributes; 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 indicative of the detected one or more header performance attributes; determine header performance of the header of the agricultural work machine based on the obtained sensor data indicative of the detected one or more header performance attributes; and generate a control signal based on the determined header performance.

An agricultural system includes: a sensor system communicably coupled to and remotely positionable from a first agricultural work machine at a worksite, the sensor system configured to detect one or more attributes in a measurement area associated with a second agricultural work machine and to generate sensor data indicative of the detected one or more attributes in the measurement area associated with the second 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 measurement area associated with the second agricultural work machine based on the sensor data; and generate a control signal based on the identified one or more attributes in the measurement area associated with the second agricultural work machine.

An agricultural work vehicle (10) cooperates with an aircraft (100, 100') equipped with a sensor (106) for surveying a field, the signals of which can be transmitted to the agricultural work vehicle (10). The work vehicle (10) is equipped with a device for transmitting electrical energy to the aircraft (100, 100').

The invention relates to the field of agricultural engineering, aims to solve the problem of plant height measurement during tomato seedling transplanting, and discloses a tomato seedling transplanting puncher with a plant height measurement function, which comprises a vertical rod, a rack fixedly mounted at the top end of the vertical rod, an operating rod fixedly mounted on the top surface of the rack, and a second motor fixedly mounted on the left side surface of the rack, a rotating cylinder is arranged on the lower end face of the first gear; a fixing rod is fixedly arranged on the left side face of the rotating cylinder; a fixing frame is fixedly arranged at the left end of the fixing rod; an air pump is fixedly arranged in the fixing frame in a sleeving manner; the left side of the surface of the guide rod is sleeved with a telescopic bag, the right end face of the telescopic bag is provided with a sliding pipe, and the lower side face of the sliding pipe is fixedly provided with a mounting rod. The tomato seedling transplanting and punching device has seedling transplanting and punching functions and can measure the plant height of tomatoes, help is provided for agricultural workers, and more labor is saved.

The double-output agricultural operation machine comprises a machine body, the machine body comprises a walking system and an operation system, the walking system is provided with a walking control arm, and the walking control arm is used for switching the walking driving direction between the direction facing the operation system and the direction away from the operation system. The operation system is provided with an operation control arm used for controlling on-off of operation power, and a linkage piece used for enabling the walking control arm to drive the operation control arm to disconnect the operation power in a one-way mode is connected between the walking control arm and the operation control arm. According to the scheme, the problem that in the prior art, a double-output agricultural operation machine is prone to being poor in linkage effect is solved.

An agricultural machine (1) is provided with: a traveling vehicle body (3) capable of traveling; a coupling portion (8g, 8h) capable of coupling a work device (2) for performing agricultural work to the traveling vehicle body (3); a line making portion (51c) that makes a traveling line (L1) along which the traveling vehicle body (3) travels by automatic driving; a supply setting portion (51f) that sets a supply position (Pz) at which supply of a material used in agricultural work by the work device (2) is performed at a position deviating from the traveling line (L1); a position detection portion (40) that detects a position of the traveling vehicle body (3); an automatic control portion (61) that causes the traveling vehicle body (3) to travel by automatic driving based on the position of the traveling vehicle body (3) and the traveling line (L1), and causes the traveling vehicle body (3) to move to the supply position (Pz); and a notification portion (51g) that notifies of a case in which the traveling vehicle body (3) is oriented toward the supply position (Pz) when the traveling vehicle body (3) travels by automatic driving by the automatic control portion (61).

Disclosed is an agricultural work management method comprising the steps of: receiving location information and identifier information on one or more workpieces from a first agricultural work vehicle; generating first work data, including a first work path and information on a work target of a second agricultural work vehicle among the one or more workpieces, on the basis of the location information and the identifier information on the one or more workpieces; and transmitting the first work data to the second agricultural work vehicle.

One or more information maps are obtained by an agricultural work machine. The one or more information maps map values of one or more agricultural properties at different geographic locations of a field. Onboard sensors on the agricultural work machine sense the agricultural properties as the agricultural work machine moves through the field. A prediction map generator generates a prediction map of predicted agricultural properties at different locations in the field based on relationships between values in the one or more information maps and the agricultural properties sensed by the onboard sensors. The prediction map can be output and used for automated machine control.

To simplify the growing management of agricultural products grown on farms and enable more efficient farming operations.SOLUTION: Provided is an agricultural product management system characterized in that an observation base 2 is provided near agricultural products 1 within a farm, the weather around the agricultural products 1 is observed by a weather observation device 5 provided at the observation base 2, measured weather data is transmitted to a management database 4 and stored as farmland weather data, the growth of the agricultural products 1 is predicted by the management database 4 by using the farmland weather data, and harvesting time notification means 6 for informing a farm manager of a predicted harvesting time from the management database 4 is provided.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

The invention relates to an agricultural work machine (2) comprising a driver's cab (1) and a cable pull (8), wherein the cable pull (8) is assigned a first counter bearing (12) inside the driver's cab (1) and a second counter bearing (16) is assigned outside the driver's cab (1), wherein at least one of the counter bearings (12, 16) supports the cable pull (8) by means of a rubber bearing (18).

The objective is to provide a robotic hand that can avoid obstacles located around a workpiece. [Solution] The robot hand comprises a movable finger section, a head section attached to the finger section for performing agricultural work, and a detection unit provided on the head section for detecting a workpiece during agricultural work. The head section has a plurality of surfaces. The detection unit includes a first sensor group provided on at least one of the plurality of surfaces, and a second sensor group provided on a surface different from the surface on which the first sensor group is provided, and having a detection range different from that of the first sensor group.

Provided is a method for preventing the slipping of an agricultural work vehicle on a slope, comprising: a slope identification step of identifying whether an agricultural work vehicle is on an uphill / downhill slope by measuring an inclination angle of the vehicle; a comparison step of determining whether the magnitude of the measured inclination angle is greater than a predetermined threshold angle; a neutral position identification step of identifying, on the basis of the determination that the magnitude of the measured inclination angle is greater than the predetermined threshold angle, whether a hydro-static transmission (HST) pedal is operated; a slipping-on-slope determination step of measuring a moving speed of the agricultural work vehicle when it is identified that the HST pedal is not operated, and determining, on the basis of the measured moving speed, whether slipping on a slope occurs; a forward / reverse command adjustment step of adjusting a forward / reverse command according to the measured moving speed on the basis of the determination that slipping on the slope occurs; and a power transmission step of transmitting power to wheels of the agricultural work vehicle in the direction opposite to the slipping on the slope by controlling the HST on the basis of the forward / reverse command.

A work device diagnosis system (11) is provided with a weight sensor (17) that detects the weight of a work device (2) connected to a traveling body (3) of an agricultural machine (1) traveling in a field (H), and a control device (12) that diagnoses the work device on the basis of a change in the weight of the work device. The work machine has the work device diagnosis system, the traveling body, and a connection device (8) that connects the work device to the traveling body. An agricultural work assistance system (100) includes the work device diagnosis system, the agricultural machine, and a management server (20) on which an externally accessible database (21) has been constructed, the agricultural machine further has a communication device (18) that communicates wirelessly with the management server, the control device transmits a diagnosis result for the work device to the management server via the communication device, and the management server receives the diagnosis result for the work device and stores the result in the database.