US 11,665,995 B2
Agitation control system
Graham Douglas Stuart, Warman (CA)
Assigned to CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd., Saskatoon (CA)
Filed by CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd., Saskatoon (CA)
Filed on Feb. 1, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/265,266.
Prior Publication US 2020/0245542 A1, Aug. 6, 2020
Int. Cl. A01C 19/00 (2006.01); A01C 15/00 (2006.01); B01F 27/72 (2022.01); B01F 27/1142 (2022.01); B01F 35/21 (2022.01); B01F 35/22 (2022.01); B01F 35/221 (2022.01); B01F 101/09 (2022.01)
CPC A01C 19/00 (2013.01) [A01C 15/007 (2013.01); B01F 27/1142 (2022.01); B01F 27/72 (2022.01); B01F 35/2112 (2022.01); B01F 35/2209 (2022.01); B01F 35/221422 (2022.01); B01F 2101/09 (2022.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An agitation control system, comprising:
a controller comprising a memory and a processor, wherein the controller is configured to:
receive at least one sensor signal indicative of a measured profile of a particulate material within a storage tank/hopper system of an agricultural system, wherein the measured profile corresponds to a distribution of the particulate material within the storage tank/hopper system;
determine whether a variation between the measured profile and a target profile is greater than a threshold value; and
output an output signal to an agitator system having an agitator within the storage tank/hopper system indicative of activation of the agitator system in response to determining that the variation between the measured profile and the target profile is greater than the threshold value.