US 12,349,626 B2
Predictive power boost demand system for an agricultural vehicle
Scott N. Clark, Bettendorf, IA (US)
Assigned to Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US)
Filed by DEERE & COMPANY, Moline, IL (US)
Filed on Aug. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/391,146.
Prior Publication US 2023/0029905 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. A01D 41/127 (2006.01); A01D 90/10 (2006.01); B60W 30/14 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); B65G 67/22 (2006.01); A01D 43/07 (2006.01); F02D 41/02 (2006.01); F02D 41/08 (2006.01)
CPC A01D 41/1274 (2013.01) [A01D 90/10 (2013.01); B60W 30/143 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B65G 67/22 (2013.01); A01D 43/07 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2300/158 (2013.01); F02D 41/0205 (2013.01); F02D 41/021 (2013.01); F02D 41/083 (2013.01); F02D 2250/18 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of controlling work machine power of a work machine during a harvesting operation for harvesting a crop and delivering the harvested crop to an external crop container, wherein the work machine includes an engine, a crop harvester, an onboard crop storage container and a crop discharging system, the method comprising:
monitoring crop harvester power delivered by the engine to operate the crop harvester during the harvesting operation to provide harvested crop;
while monitoring the crop harvester power, determining a discharging power required by the crop discharging system to discharge the harvested crop to the external crop container;
modifying and allocating the crop harvester power based on the determined discharging power; and
delivering the discharging power to the crop discharging system to discharge the crop from the onboard crop storage container to the external crop container.