US 11,971,732 B2
System and method of assisted or automated grain unload synchronization
Martin Peter Christiansen, Randers (DK); Ramon Buchaca Tarragona, Randers (DK); and Morten Leth Bilde, Langaa (DK)
Assigned to AGCO International GmbH, Neuhausen (CH)
Filed by AGCO International GmbH, Neuhausen (CH)
Filed on Jul. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/377,313.
Claims priority of application No. 2011027 (GB), filed on Jul. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0019239 A1, Jan. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. G05D 1/242 (2024.01); A01D 41/127 (2006.01); A01D 43/07 (2006.01); G01F 23/284 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2024.01)
CPC G05D 1/242 (2024.01) [A01D 41/1278 (2013.01); A01D 43/07 (2013.01); G01F 23/284 (2013.01); G05D 1/0251 (2013.01); G05D 1/0257 (2013.01); G05D 1/0259 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
an agricultural harvester including—
a crop processor for reducing crop material to processed crop,
an unload conveyor for transferring processed crop out of the agricultural harvester,
an electromagnetic detecting and ranging module for detecting a location of an object relative to the agricultural harvester, and
a camera for capturing images of an area within a field of view of the electromagnetic detecting and ranging module and generating image data;
one or more computing devices for—
receiving first data from the electromagnetic detecting and ranging module, the first data indicating the location of the object relative to the agricultural harvester,
receiving the image data from the camera,
using the image data to determine whether the object is a receiving vehicle,
if the object is a receiving vehicle, using the first data and the image data to generate graphic data defining a graphical representation illustrating the relative positions of the unload conveyor and the receiving vehicle; and
an electronic device including a graphical user interface, the electronic device configured to use the graphic data to present the graphical representation on the graphical user interface.