Patent ID: 7877969

Claim:
A processor-controlled method of automatically adjusting at least one working unit of a harvesting machine, comprising the steps of: a control unit processor automatically taking reference pictures or reference picture series of a crop-material flow at a position downstream from a particular working unit in a crop-material conveyance path at various setting states with certain control parameter setting values of the working unit; the control unit processor automatically storing the reference pictures or reference picture series while assigning the picture or picture series to control parameter setting values belonging to a particular setting state of the working unit; the control unit processor automatically selecting a reference picture or reference picture series based on a qualitative analysis of the crop material flow depicted in the reference picture or reference picture series implemented by the control unit processor; and the control unit processor automatically adjusting the working unit using the control parameter setting values assigned to the selected reference picture or the selected reference picture series by the control unit processor.