US 12,005,930 B2
Autonomous tractor and method to cultivate farmland using this tractor
Laurentius Hubertus Margaretha Schmitz, Mariahoop (NL); and Joris Jan Hiddema, Grubbenvorst (NL)
Assigned to AgXeed Holding B.V., Oirlo (NL)
Appl. No. 17/295,822
Filed by AGXEED HOLDING B.V., Oirlo (NL)
PCT Filed Nov. 20, 2019, PCT No. PCT/NL2019/050758
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 20, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/106143, PCT Pub. Date May 28, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2022048 (NL), filed on Nov. 22, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0009521 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. A01B 69/04 (2006.01); A01B 73/04 (2006.01); A01B 79/00 (2006.01); B60W 30/09 (2012.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60P 3/06 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 60/0025 (2020.02) [A01B 69/008 (2013.01); A01B 73/04 (2013.01); A01B 79/005 (2013.01); B60W 30/09 (2013.01); B60P 3/066 (2013.01); B60W 2300/152 (2013.01); B60W 2552/00 (2020.02); B60W 2554/402 (2020.02); B60W 2554/4029 (2020.02); B60W 2555/20 (2020.02)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An autonomous tractor for autonomously crossing farmland, comprising:
a tractor,
one or more sensors on the tractor for detection of an obstacle when crossing the farmland,
a central processing unit (CPU) for receiving input signals from the one or more sensors and for controlling movement of the tractor based on the input signals in order to avoid an obstacle,
a coupler for coupling an agricultural machine chosen from a group of agricultural machines to the tractor, and one or more additional sensors for detection of the obstacle on each of the agricultural machines, wherein the one or more additional sensors are operatively connected to the CPU when the agricultural machine is operatively connected to the tractor, and automatically providing data to the CPU when the agricultural machine is operatively connected to the tractor regarding the location of each of the one or more additional sensors on the agricultural machine and one or more specifications of each of these one or more additional sensors.