Work Vehicle Swath Line Adjustment System
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Agricultural work vehicles face challenges in maintaining consistent and uniformly spaced passes across fields, leading to inefficient operations and lower crop yields due to the difficulty in adjusting swath lines generated by existing systems.
Innovation Solution
A work vehicle system equipped with sensors, a user interface, and a computing system that captures operating parameter data, receives input from the operator, and adjusts the swath line based on determined parameters to ensure accurate and consistent passes, allowing the vehicle to travel along the adjusted line.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If existing swath line generation systems are used, then passes can be guided across the field, but the passes are inconsistent and non-uniformly spaced due to difficulty in adjusting swath lines for vehicles with varying performance characteristics
Solution Approach 1:
The system determines operating parameters specific to each work vehicle (such as vehicle width, turning radius, speed) and uses these parameters to dynamically adjust the swath line geometry. This allows the swath line generation to adapt to different vehicle performance characteristics, ensuring consistent and uniformly spaced passes for each specific vehicle type.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary determination of operating parameters and adjustment of swath lines before the work vehicle executes the passes. By pre-calculating and pre-adjusting the swath lines based on vehicle-specific parameters, the system ensures that the vehicle can follow the adjusted paths accurately, resulting in consistent and uniform passes across the field.
2Adaptability or versatility
If swath lines are adjusted based on operating parameters, then adaptability to different vehicle performance is improved, but system complexity increases due to additional sensors, user interface, and computing system components
Solution Approach 1:
The computing system serves multiple functions: it determines operating parameters from sensor data, adjusts swath line geometry based on these parameters, and provides guidance to the work vehicle. By consolidating these functions into a single multi-functional system, the patent reduces overall system complexity while maintaining the ability to adapt to different vehicle performance characteristics.
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically determines operating parameters and adjusts swath lines without requiring manual intervention for each adjustment. The computing system uses sensor data to self-determine the appropriate parameters and self-adjust the swath lines, reducing the need for complex manual control interfaces and simplifying the overall system operation.
Data Source
Figure 1
Figure 2
Figure 3
AI summary
A work vehicle (10) includes a computing system (112) is configured to access a swath line corresponding to a pass to be made across a field by the work vehicle (10). Furthermore, the computing system (112) is configured to receive the input indicative of an operating parameter of the work vehicle (10) or the associated implement (12) from at least one of a sensor (111), a user interface (119), or an associated memory device (118) of the computing system (112). Additionally, the computing system (112) is configured to determine the operating parameter based on the received input. Moreover, the computing system (112) is configured to adjust a portion of the swath line based on the determined operating parameter prior to making the pass across the field. In addition, the computing system (112) is configured to control an operation of the plurality of components such that the work vehicle (10) travels along the adjusted portion of the swath line.