Patent ID: 8407157
Filing Date: 2013-03-26
Classification: A01B,A01G,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A data processing system implemented method for locating harvested material, the method comprising: receiving, by the data processing system, material data including material location data on a material location of unloaded harvested material within a work area, wherein the unloaded harvested material is unloaded from a harvester that harvested the harvested material; obtaining, by the data processing system, background data on at least one established transportation path within the work area; determining, by the data processing system, a forwarder location of a forwarder; estimating, by the data processing system, economic cost factors associated with corresponding candidate paths or segments of candidate paths between the forwarder location and the material location; and selecting, by the data processing system, a preferential path plan between the forwarder location and the material location consistent with the background data and minimization of the economic cost factors, wherein the material location of the unloaded harvested material is a different location than the forwarder location of the forwarder.