US 11,665,991 B2
System and method for monitoring the levelness of a multi-wing agricultural implement
Trevor Stanhope, Palos Hills, IL (US); and Joshua David Harmon, Leola, PA (US)
Assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US)
Filed by CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US)
Filed on Sep. 24, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/580,252.
Prior Publication US 2021/0084804 A1, Mar. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. A01B 79/00 (2006.01); A01B 63/16 (2006.01); A01B 63/24 (2006.01); A01B 76/00 (2006.01); G01B 11/24 (2006.01); G01B 15/04 (2006.01); A01B 21/08 (2006.01)
CPC A01B 79/005 (2013.01) [A01B 63/16 (2013.01); A01B 63/24 (2013.01); A01B 76/00 (2013.01); A01B 21/08 (2013.01); G01B 11/24 (2013.01); G01B 15/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
11. A method for monitoring the levelness of a multi-wing agricultural implement, the multi-wing agricultural implement having a central frame section and a wing section pivotably coupled to the central frame section, the method comprising:
receiving, with a computing device, data indicative of a contour of an aft portion of a field located rearward of the implement relative to a direction of travel of the implement;
analyzing, with the computing device, the data to assess at least one of:
a levelness of the wing section relative to the central frame section; or
a levelness of at least one of the wing section or the central frame section relative to a reference plane; and
initiating, with the computing device, a control action associated with leveling the implement when it is determined that at least one of:
the central frame section and the wing section are out-of-level relative to each other based at least in part on the levelness of the wing section relative to the central frame section; or
the at least one of the central frame section or the wing section is out-of-level relative to the reference plane based at least in part on the levelness of the at least one of the wing section or the central frame section relative to the reference plane.