Patent ID: 7630808

Claim:
A method for controlling a working unit of a harvesting machine, comprising the steps of determining a target setting value (ZG, ZO, ZU) which has been adjusted according to a harvesting process, for a control parameter (SG) of the working unit of the harvesting machine including calculating operating-result curves (KR, KK, KV) by a calculating unit, for a plurality of different operating-result parameters as a function of a related control parameter (SG, SO, SU) while using a number of different setting values of the control parameter (SG, SO, SU), acquiring operating-result measured values (MR, MK, MV), adapting a mathematical function for the operating-result measured values (MR, MK, MV), and based on a combination of the operating-result curves (KR, KK, KV), computing the target setting value (ZG, ZO, ZU) of the control parameter (SG, SO, SU); and, controlling the working unit based on the target setting value that was determined.