1855 results about "Reaper" patented technology

The invention relates to the technical field of agricultural equipment state monitoring, and discloses an agricultural equipment state monitoring system based on the Internet of Things, which comprises an acquisition unit, an analysis unit, a stripping unit, a fusion unit and a decision unit, and is characterized in that vibration, rotating speed, torque, soil hardness and environmental data are acquired in multiple dimensions through an Internet of Things sensor network; a physical compensation factor is generated through working condition synchronous analysis, interference of soil hardness on vibration data is effectively stripped, a coupling wear index is generated through fusion of a residual feature vector and environment temperature and humidity, a state threshold value is dynamically adjusted through combination of historical fault data, and then interference of soil hardness changes on a vibration spectrum is accurately eliminated. The misjudgment of the abrasion degree caused by frequency spectrum distortion is avoided, the dynamic and accurate monitoring of the abrasion state of the harvester blade is realized, and the accuracy of monitoring the state of agricultural equipment in dry farmland operation is improved.

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 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.

The disclosure relates to the system and methods for generating a guidance path for automated navigation of large agricultural equipment. Vehicle path data from leading vehicles can be recorded, stored or inputted into the system for generation of guidance paths offset from the swaths traversed by the leading vehicle. Combines, planters sprayers and other vehicles utilizing guidance system can be used to record leading vehicle data for use by the following vehicle in real time or in subsequent cycles. Enterprise systems can manage multiple grain carts and / or combines or other vehicles to maximize efficiency.

The invention provides an intelligent fault diagnosis and safety protection method for a combine harvester, and the method comprises the steps: carrying out the quantitative analysis of the influence degree of a fault on the system safety and operation continuity through a risk assessment model, calculating a fault danger grade score through combining historical fault data and equipment aging state information, and carrying out the calculation of the fault danger grade score. A five-level danger classification result from slight danger to serious danger is obtained; acquiring system response data after isolation control is executed, monitoring running state changes and load redistribution conditions of residual normal parts, adjusting control parameters through a real-time feedback mechanism, and judging the effectiveness of isolation measures and the maintenance degree of system stability; a closed-loop feedback mechanism is adopted to continuously monitor the fault isolation effect and the system operation performance, key data in the processing process are collected to update fault diagnosis model parameters, the risk level evaluation accuracy and the protection range division rationality are optimized, and a continuously improved intelligent fault diagnosis and safety protection system is obtained.

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.

The invention provides a grain impurity rate and breakage rate monitoring system and method for a combine harvester. The grain impurity rate and breakage rate monitoring system comprises a grain sampling device, an image acquisition device and a control device, the grain sampling device is installed on the side wall of the vertical grain conveying barrel, a grain inlet of the grain sampling device is connected with a grain outlet hole in the side wall of the vertical grain conveying barrel through a hose, and a grain outlet of the grain sampling device is connected with a feeding port of the image acquisition device through a connecting pipe; the image acquisition device is connected with the control device, an image acquisition module of the control device controls the image acquisition device to acquire a grain image, and online calculation of the impurity rate and the breakage rate of the grain is realized on the grain image through a YOLOv8-Seg instance segmentation model of the image processing module in combination with an impurity rate and breakage rate mathematical model; finally, a detection result is displayed on a display screen in real time, visual numerical values can be provided for an operator of the combine harvester, and the operator is helped to adjust working parameters of the harvester. The method can be used for harvesting rice, wheat, oilseed rape and soybeans, and has wide applicability.

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 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.

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.

A crop loss monitoring method includes detecting crop loss in a measurement area when the measurement area corresponds to an unharvested area of a field and generating pre-harvest crop loss sensor data based thereon. The method further includes detecting crop loss in the measurement area when the measurement area is behind a distal end of a header of a harvester and generating harvesting crop loss sensor data based thereon. The method further includes identifying a pre-harvest crop loss value based on the pre-harvest crop loss sensor data, identifying a harvesting crop loss value based on the harvesting crop loss sensor data and the pre-harvest crop loss value, and generating one or more control signals based on at least one of the pre-harvest crop loss value or the harvesting crop loss value.

Method and corresponding system for estimating crop yield from vegetation index data. At least one multispectral image (201) including a field is obtained. The part of the multispectral image (201) that represents the agricultural field (301) is delineated, and vegetation indices for locations within the agricultural field (301) are derived from the multispectral image (201). Samples of actual yield data representing yield measurements for locations within the agricultural field (301) are obtained as measured by a yield monitor on a combine harvester (208) used to harvest selected areas of the agricultural field (301). By correlating the vegetation indices with the yield data, a relationship between respective vegetation index values and corresponding absolute yield estimates is determined. The determined relationship can be used to obtain estimates of actual yield from different parts of the field, and this information can be used to identify field maintenance needs, fertilization rates, and more.

A novel pepper harvester belongs to the technical field of agricultural product harvesting machinery. The device is characterized in that the upper cutting plate module comprises a transmission shaft, a first rotating shaft, a chain wheel and a chain; the transmission shaft and the first rotating shaft are oppositely arranged, one end of each chain winds the corresponding chain wheel on the transmission shaft, and the other end of each chain winds the corresponding chain wheel on the first rotating shaft; a plurality of upper elastic teeth are arranged on the upper surface of each chain at equal intervals; the lower cutting plate module comprises a second rotating shaft, a third rotating shaft and a plurality of lower cutting plate connecting plates; the second rotating shaft and the third rotating shaft are oppositely arranged; the plurality of lower elastic teeth are distributed at equal intervals in the axial direction of the second rotating shaft; the two ends of each lower cutting plate connecting plate are wound around the second rotating shaft and the third rotating shaft respectively. The upper cutting plate module and the lower cutting plate module are driven, so that the upper elastic teeth and the lower elastic teeth relatively transmit in the advancing direction, and pepper harvesting is achieved. The roller type pepper harvester solves the problems that the contact area of elastic teeth and peppers on a traditional roller type pepper harvester is small, and the harvesting impurity rate and the pepper breakage rate are high.

A spreader system includes two spreader rotors configured to rotate about upright rotation axes and to eject residue crop material centrally between the rotors in a direction tangential to the rotors. The spreader system further includes a first structure that is configured to undergo an oscillating movement, such as a rotating oscillation about a central axis oriented in the tangential direction. The spreader system further includes adjustable deflector blades. The first structure can be a main deflector having main deflector blades, wherein the adjustable deflector blades are parallel to the main deflector blades and adjustable by a translation relative to the main deflector blades in an upward or downward direction, to thereby influence a gap between the main deflector and a lower plane of the rotors. The adjustable blades may be each pivotable relative to a frame so that their angular position can be set to one of several positions.

A conveyor device for use in a cutting unit of an agricultural harvester. The conveyor device includes a frame and at least one conveyor belt which revolves endlessly around two rollers arranged parallel to one another. A distance between the two rollers may be adjusted using a tensioning device. A first roller may be rotatably driven, and a second roller may be mounted to revolve freely. A device for rotational speed detection (associated with the first roller) is configured to detect a rotational speed of the first roller. Further, a second device (associated with the second roller) detect the rotational speed of the second roller during operation of the conveyor belt.

A rear module, as illustrated with tanks, seed blowers, and transfer pump for fertilizer is mounted on the existing design frame, axle, and steering system; but it is a separate, distinct module. The planting module and the harvesting module must be disconnected from the common front module power unit and switched for planting row crops or harvesting. The harvesting configuration can have an attachment to the header to seed non row crops, such as, a cover crop like rye or canola Such rear module can be the rear unit of an articulated vehicle, such as a harvester.

A stalk sensing system, comprising a bracket, sensor shell configured to be mounted to the bracket, a sensor configured for insertion into the sensor shell, a wand configured to be mounted to the sensor shell, and one or more anti-rotation features. The harvester and stalk sensing system may also into one or more board holding features and, optionally, a crop divertor(s).

A harvesting machine is provided for harvesting a crop and discharging the harvested crop to an offboard container, such as a wagon or a truck, or the ground. The harvesting machine includes a power system to provide power, a crop harvester powered by the power system, and a crop discharging system to discharge crop from an onboard storage container to the offboard location, typically a container. During a harvesting operation, the harvesting machine operates at a nominal maximum power, typically a current power consumption. The nominal maximum power is reduced in anticipation of a predicted power used for discharging the harvested crop from the onboard storage container. The current power consumption for harvesting is adjusted and allocated by the predicted power to make available power for the crop discharging system. Once crop is discharged using the discharging power, the harvesting machine returns to the nominal maximum power.

A system and method for generating a guidance path for automated navigation of large agricultural equipment. Vehicle path data from leading vehicles can be recorded, stored or inputted into the system for generation of guidance paths offset from the swaths traversed by the leading vehicle. Combines, planters sprayers and other vehicles utilizing guidance system can be used to record leading vehicle data for use by the following vehicle in real time or in subsequent cycles. Enterprise systems can manage multiple grain carts and / or combines or other vehicles to maximize efficiency.

A grain cleaning system for a combine harvester having a transmitter adapted to transmit a base signal at a known frequency and one or more spaced receivers for detecting signals of a different frequency as reflected from airborne grain and other materials within the duct of the grain cleaning system. An Electronic Control Unit modulates the base signal and the reflected signals to obtain Doppler signals or frequencies from which an average particle velocity is determined. The particle velocity is used as an input parameter for the generation of control signals for the adjustment of various working units of the combine harvester including, by way of example, the fan and sieves.

A computer implemented method includes receiving a map that maps values of a crop characteristic to different locations across a field; receiving harvester route data indicative of a planned route of a harvester at the field; identifying a crop characteristic threshold; identifying a material transfer end location indicative of a location, along the planned route of the harvester, at which a material transfer operation between the harvester and a receiving machine is to end, based on the map, the planned route of the harvester, and the crop characteristic threshold; identifying a material transfer start location range indicative of a geographic area, along the planned route of the harvester, at which the material transfer operation is to start based on the material transfer end location; and generating a route for the receiving machine to travel based on the material transfer end location and the material transfer start location range.

The invention provides an anti-blocking conveying system of a hugging type apocynum venetum cutting and bundling harvester and a control method of the anti-blocking conveying system. The conveying system comprises a pre-cutting detection system, a vertical conveying device, a height-adjustable crop stacking pressing plate device, a walking device anti-blocking conveying system and a control system. The vertical conveying device is used for conveying gathered and harvested apocynum venetum to the knotting device, and the conveying pressure of the conveying device at the header can be adjusted through a variable-diameter rotating drum of a conveying belt. The height-adjustable stacked crop pressing plate device is used for applying pressure to apocynum venetum stalks stacked in front of a cab to prevent the apocynum venetum stalks from being blocked behind a header, and the height of the height-adjustable stacked crop pressing plate device can be manually adjusted to adapt to harvesting of different types of apocynum venetum; the walking device anti-blocking conveying system is installed at the bottom of the vehicle frame to prevent stalks from blocking the bottom of the reaper-binder. The plant passing rate of the hugging type apocynum venetum cutting and bundling harvester can be effectively increased, and blockage is prevented.

The invention relates to the technical field of agricultural machinery operation and maintenance, and discloses a corn harvester remote operation and maintenance data acquisition optimization method. The method comprises the steps of obtaining a real-time operation area distribution diagram of the corn harvester, and determining a core acquisition area according to the distribution diagram; working condition feature collection is carried out according to each working sub-region in the working region distribution diagram, and crop density features and topographic relief features corresponding to each working sub-region are obtained; performing fault prediction analysis on the two features based on the core acquisition area to generate a static fault feature set; then, a transmittable path of the remote operation and maintenance terminal is obtained, and the collection frequency of the operation and maintenance data on the transmittable path is controlled by combining each static fault feature value in the static fault feature set and the corresponding operation sub-region; and finally, monitoring the operating parameter variation of the current operation sub-region in real-time data acquisition, and dynamically calibrating the sensing direction of the acquisition terminal in combination with the static fault characteristic value corresponding to the current operation sub-region.

An agricultural header comprises a first side draper belt, a second side draper belt, a first center draper belt, a second center draper belt, and a crop divider. The first and second center draper belts are positioned laterally between the first and second side draper belts which extend laterally outwardly in opposite directions away from the first and second center draper belts. Each of the first and second side draper belts are arranged to feed crop material laterally inwardly, and each of the first and second center draper belts are arranged to feed crop material rearwardly for processing by the agricultural harvester. The crop divider is positioned laterally between the first and second center draper belts to separate crop material fed laterally inwardly from the first and second side draper belts respectively to the first and second center draper belts.

A flexible header for an agricultural harvester includes a crop engagement assembly having a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is configured to couple to a first row unit of the flexible header, and the second portion is configured to couple to a second row unit of the flexible header, which is directly adjacent to the first row unit. Furthermore, the first and second portions are configured to move relative to one another in response to lateral flexing of the flexible header at a pivot joint positioned laterally between the first and second row units, and the crop engagement assembly is configured to establish an uninterrupted crop engaging exterior during the lateral flexing of the flexible header.

The present disclosure includes devices methods and systems for detecting lost crop in a work machine operation. The method may include receiving ground speed data from one or more speed detection systems. The method may include receiving crop condition data from one or more feed data sensors. The method may include determining one or more crop condition states based at least in part on one or more of the ground speed data and the crop condition data. The method may include determining lost crop based at least in part on the one or more crop condition states. The method may include adjusting one or more combine operation parameters based at least in part on the determination of lost crop.

The invention relates to the technical field of agricultural machinery intelligent control, in particular to a combine harvester track trafficability control method based on visual inspection, which comprises the following steps: S1, predicting a motion track based on the real-time traveling speed and steering angle of a harvester; s2, extracting a real-time terrain slope angle of the trajectory region; s3, determining a target grounding pressure distribution mode required by the track in the predicted track area; s4, calculating a target hydraulic flow distribution proportion used for controlling a walking motor; and S5, the hydraulic valve group is controlled to adjust the oil supply amount according to the target flow distribution proportion. Through linkage of visual perception and hydraulic control, segmented self-adaptive adjustment of the track grounding pressure is achieved, and the trafficability and operation stability of the combine harvester under complex terrains are effectively improved.

The utility model relates to a harvester hay cutter with an overturning function. The harvester hay cutter comprises a hay cutter body, an overturning mechanism, an executing mechanism and a locking mechanism. The turnover mechanism comprises a rotating shaft, and the rotating shaft is fixedly connected with the grass cutter body and rotationally connected with the rack; the executing mechanism comprises a driving gear and a driven gear, the driving gear is rotationally connected to the shaft through a bearing, and the driven gear is fixedly connected with the rotating shaft and meshed with the rotating shaft; the grass cutter body is provided with a grass trimming mode and a grass chopping mode according to the overturning position; the locking mechanism is used for preventing the gear from rotating reversely. The straw cutter of the harvester solves the technical problems that in the prior art, a straw cutter of the harvester is complex to disassemble and assemble and insufficient in operation flexibility.

A self-propelled machine with a cabin (6) capable of tilting for a better maneuverability of the same, and which has a hopper (2) on which the harvesting machine unloads, which has augers (7) that homogeneously distribute the product within the hopper, a hopper (2) that is linked to the frame (1) of the machine by means of a scissor-type lifting mechanism (9) controllable from the cabin (6). The hopper (2) has an unloading flap (8), including on its bottom a longitudinal conveyor belt (10) operable from inside the cabin (6). This allows the harvester to continue working and unload at the point (place) where it is located without affecting the harvesting process in addition to avoiding the use of additional machinery in the process.