US 12,066,281 B2
System and method for determining radius of a wheel of a mobile machine
Paolo Turcato, Breganze (IT); Filippo Carollo, Breganze (IT); and Andrea Dal Soglio, Breganze (IT)
Assigned to AGCO International GmbH, Neuhausen (CH)
Filed by AGCO International GmbH, Neuhausen (CH)
Filed on Jun. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/810,170.
Claims priority of application No. 2109792 (GB), filed on Jul. 7, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0009379 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. G01B 11/08 (2006.01); G01B 11/02 (2006.01); G01B 17/00 (2006.01); G01B 11/06 (2006.01)
CPC G01B 11/08 (2013.01) [G01B 11/026 (2013.01); G01B 17/00 (2013.01); G01B 11/0608 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A combine harvester, comprising:
an axle supporting a wheel having a radius;
a height-adjustment system for adjusting a height of the axle;
a distance sensor mounted to the combine harvester and configured to detect distance information relating to a distance between a known datum and an outer circumferential surface of the wheel; and
at least one controller configured to receive the distance information from the distance sensor, to determine the radius of the wheel based at least in part on the distance information, and to use the determined wheel radius as an input to adjust the height of the axle.