Patent ID: 7308326
Filing Date: 2007-12-11
Classification: A01D,Y02A

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a harvesting machine comprising the steps of: continuously optimizing a stochastic parameter that characterizes the instantaneously prevailing readiness with which the harvesting machine processes crop; and continuously adjusting a performance variable of the harvesting machine in dependence on the instantaneous, optimized value of said parameter, in order to optimize a load of the harvesting machine so as to keep a value y(r) indicative of the effectiveness of said harvesting machine below a predetermined value, wherein the step of adjusting a performance variable of the harvesting machine occurs in dependence on the output of an inverted form of a yield loss estimation function: wherein: {circumflex over (γ)}(t, t is for time; u(t) is the feedrate of crop; and exp is an exponential function.