US 12,219,892 B2
Method for assisting a coupling procedure to be performed at an agricultural implement interface
Martin Schmidt, Mannheim (DE); and Volker Kegel, Mannheim (DE)
Assigned to DEERE & COMPANY, Moline, IL (US)
Filed by DEERE & COMPANY, Moline, IL (US)
Filed on Jul. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/811,622.
Claims priority of application No. 102021119686.8 (DE), filed on Jul. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0036723 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. A01B 69/04 (2006.01); A01B 59/06 (2006.01); A01B 69/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01B 69/008 (2013.01) [A01B 59/062 (2013.01); A01B 69/001 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for assisting a coupling procedure at an agricultural implement interface used to make a detachable coupling connection between a coupling device of an agricultural tractor and an implement, comprising:
determining via a control unit whether a set-down procedure associated with unhitching the implement is being executed;
determining cartographically via the control unit in communication with a position detection unit a set-down location of the implement and a driving trajectory travelled by the agricultural tractor from the set-down location along a defined route;
storing via the control unit the set-down location and the driving trajectory as an associated dataset in a memory unit together with type information about the implement provided by an information unit;
retrieving via the control unit the associated dataset to re-hitch the implement; and
guiding via the control unit the agricultural tractor back from a defined start position along the driving trajectory to the set-down location by issuing associated control commands;
wherein the coupling device has at least one coupling element for attaching the implement interface, which coupling element is adjustable with respect to an operating position, wherein the operating position during unhitching of the implement is stored as part of the dataset in the memory unit by the control unit.