US 12,311,718 B2
System and method for an agricultural vehicle
Mitchell Sandey, Manitowoc, WI (US); and Roy A. Bittner, Reedsville, WI (US)
Filed by CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US)
Filed on Nov. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/990,118.
Prior Publication US 2024/0166011 A1, May 23, 2024
Int. Cl. B60G 17/019 (2006.01); A01M 7/00 (2006.01); B60G 17/016 (2006.01)
CPC B60G 17/01908 (2013.01) [A01M 7/0089 (2013.01); B60G 17/016 (2013.01); A01M 7/0075 (2013.01); B60G 2300/083 (2013.01); B60G 2400/051 (2013.01); B60G 2400/50 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A suspension control system comprising:
a chassis;
a suspension component operably coupled with the chassis;
a boom assembly operably coupled with the chassis;
one or more sensors configured to generate data indicative of a chassis orientation or boom assembly orientation relative to a level axis;
one or more height sensors configured to capture data indicative of a height from the one or more height sensors to at least one of a ground surface or a canopy region of the crop within a field, wherein the one or more height sensors includes a first height sensor positioned on an end portion of a first boom arm and a second height sensor positioned on a second boom arm; and
a computing system communicatively coupled to the one or more sensors, the computing system being configured to:
calculate an offset angle based on data from the one or more sensors;
compare the offset angle to a defined correction threshold;
generate instructions to actuate the suspension component to rotate the boom assembly by a correction factor when the offset angle exceeds the defined correction threshold determine a first height between the end portion of the first boom arm based on data from the first height sensor;
determine a second height between the end portion of the second boom arm based on data from the second height sensor; and
calculate a difference between the first height and the second height.