US 11,864,483 B2
Predictive map generation and control system
Nathan R. Vandike, Geneseo, IL (US); Bhanu Kiran Reddy Palla, Bettendorf, IA (US); Noel W. Anderson, Fargo, ND (US); and Stephen R. Corban, Geneseo, IL (US)
Assigned to Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US)
Filed by Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US)
Filed on Oct. 9, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/066,929.
Prior Publication US 2022/0110237 A1, Apr. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. G05D 1/00 (2006.01); A01B 69/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); H05K 7/20 (2006.01)
CPC A01B 69/004 (2013.01) [G05D 1/0044 (2013.01); G05D 1/0274 (2013.01); G05D 1/0278 (2013.01); H05K 7/20918 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0201 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An agricultural work machine comprising:
a communication system that receives an information map that includes values of a power characteristic corresponding to different geographic locations in a field;
a geographic position sensor that detects a geographic location of the agricultural work machine;
an in-situ sensor that detects a value of an agricultural characteristic corresponding to a geographic location;
a predictive map generator that generates a functional predictive agricultural map of the field that maps predictive control values to the different geographic locations in the field based on the values of the power characteristic in the information map and based on the value of the agricultural characteristic;
a cooling subsystem; and
a control system that generates a control signal to control the cooling subsystem based on the geographic position of the agricultural work machine and based on the control values in the functional predictive agricultural map.