Patent ID: 7647753

Claim:
A method for improving the responsiveness of a header height control system during harvesting operations when the header is being operated at a height where the header's pivotable crop dividers begin, or are near to beginning, to pivot about their pivot points, said method comprising: operably mounting a height sensor to the header, said height sensor generating a signal variable in magnitude corresponding to changes in height relative to a ground surface; determining a magnitude of said generated signal where the header's pivotable crop dividers begin, or are near to beginning, to pivot about their pivot points (a “Set Point B Position”); as the harvester traverses a field during harvesting operations, monitoring said generated signal magnitudes of said height sensor; and for said generated signal magnitudes indicating that said header is below said Set Point B Position, operably modifying those said signal magnitudes, whereby said modified signals improve responsiveness of the header height control system when the header is operated at a height where the header's pivotable crop dividers begin, or are near to beginning, to pivot about their pivot points.