Patent ID: 6434462
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: A01B,E02F,G01S,G05D

Abstract:
A control system for a work vehicle towing a towed implement, the vehicle having a steering system including steering actuator for steering steerable wheels in response to a steering control signal, the control system comprising:a steering angle sensor for generating a steering angle signal representing an angular position of the steerable wheels; an implement position generating unit generating actual implement position data; an desired implement position generating unit generating a desired implement position signal; a vehicle position generating unit generating vehicle position data; a processor unit generating an implement angle signal as a function of the actual implement position data and the vehicle position data; and a control processor generating the steering control signal as a function of the actual implement position data, the vehicle position data, the implement angle signal, the steering angle signal and the desired implement position signal, the steering actuator receiving the steering control signal and steering the steerable wheels in response thereto.