Patent ID: 11968927
Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 0:
1. An agricultural system, comprising:
an agricultural harvester having a frame;
a spout having an outlet end and being movably mounted relative to the frame;
a spout actuator that drives movement of the spout relative to the frame based on a spout actuator control signal;
harvesting functionality, mounted to the frame, that engages material from a field and delivers the material through the outlet end of the spout as the agricultural harvester moves through the field in a direction of travel;
a forward-looking sensor that captures an image of the material forward of the harvester in the direction of travel;
a turn location and angle identifier comprising an image processor that processes the captured image of the material forward of the agricultural harvester in the direction of travel, identifies a location of a turn forward of the agricultural harvester in the direction of travel, identifies an orientation of the material forward of the harvester in the direction of travel, and identifies an angle of the turn forward of the agricultural harvester in the direction of travel based on the identified orientation of the material forward of the harvester in the direction of travel, wherein the turn location and angle identifier generates a turn location indicator indicative of the location of the turn and generates a turn angle indicator indicative of the angle of the turn;
a speed detector that detects a speed of the agricultural harvester and generates a speed indicator indicative of the detected speed;
a position compensation control system that generates spout position compensation information for controlling the spout actuator based on the turn location indicator, the turn angle indicator, and the speed indicator; and
a spout position controller that generates the spout actuator control signal to control the spout actuator based on the spout position compensation information.