Patent ID: 8577558

Claim:
A method for steering an implement, the method comprising: detecting a target steering angle associated with an implement steering system for tracking a planned path; determining, by an implement mode detector, whether or not the implement is acting in a lowered mode of operation in which a ground-engaging component, other than one or more wheels, engages the ground, where the implement mode detector transmits status data, message data, a status signal or message signal to a vehicle data processor indicative of whether or not the implement is in the lowered mode where one or more ground-engaging members of the ground engaging-component contact the ground; adjusting, by the vehicle data processor, the target steering angle by limiting or reducing the target steering angle to a maximum steering angle if the implement is in the lowered mode to act with a lower level of aggressiveness than in a raised mode of the implement to avoid damage to the ground-engaging members of the implement; and wherein in the raised mode, the target steering angle of the implement is allowed to be greater than the maximum steering angle if the implement is in the lowered mode.